----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Layer" <william.layer at comcast.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Slackware 9.1 > On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:30:20 -0500 (CDT) > Adam Maloney <adamm at sihope.com> wrote: > > > That's because Slackware owns your 'fro :) > > > > I actually found installing Smackware much easier than a redhat install. > > Slackware has an element of sanity and predictability that I find lacking in pretty much every other distro. Slack just simply works, and gets better with every release. > Try booting and installing a kernel other than the default (I installed the XFS version) with Slackware 9.0. It still installs the modules for the default kernel, so nothing works upon reboot (I had no networking ability or anything). I was forced to recompile the kernel from source to get it to work properly (only way I could get the proper modules). I think Slackware breaks handily when you take it off the well trodden path. Tom Veldhouse _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list