How is this an insult on your religion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware The name "Slackware" stems from the fact that the distribution started as a private side project with no intended commitment. To prevent it from being taken too seriously at first, Volkerding gave it a humorous name, which stuck even after Slackware became a serious project. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware#cite_note-2> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:26, Drmgiver <drmgiver at gmail.com> wrote: > How is explaining why I won't be using that distro trolling? Do you not > know the background of the whole "slack" thing? It is an insult on > Christianity. > > Justin > > On 01/19/2011 11:25 AM, Yaron wrote: > > Wow... telling people not to troll and act like adults in one sentance > and > > then trolling and acting like a non-adult in the next! You win! > > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Drmgiver wrote: > > > >> Ok seriously, can we get over the troll shit and act like adults? I > >> have a right to my opinion sorry. The whole "slack" thing insults my > >> faith. I won't be using that distro or any distro based on it. Get > >> over it. > >> > >> Justin > >> > >> On 01/19/2011 09:55 AM, Mr. B-o-B wrote: > >>> Drmgiver cried from the depths of the abyss... > >>> > >>>> Most distros include it in repos to my knowledge. As for Slackware, I > >>>> know it is just me being me, but I refuse to use it based on how it > got > >>>> it's name. > >>>> > >>> That is a shame. I have the same feeling about Ubuntu (which is an > >>> African word for not smart enough to use Slackware). I have installed > >>> Ubuntu for my Mom, and a handful of others that are challenged. It's a > >>> nice n00b distro. Once you grow some teeth, or need to put a server > into > >>> production you might find the hand holding fisher price aspect of > Ubuntu > >>> a turn off. This of course my is just my opinion. > >>> > >>> You should give it a try. It's lovely! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> > > > > -Yaron > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- -Shawn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110119/313b22ea/attachment.htm