http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius#Slack Justin On 01/19/2011 12:43 PM, Shawn Fertch wrote: > 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 > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -- > -Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110119/c4806e5f/attachment.htm