Would be your choice to do so, and I applaud that. Just as I choose not to. I really don't think this is something to start a flame war over as is what seems to be happening. Justin On 01/19/2011 01:35 PM, Justin Krejci wrote: > Having never heard of SubGenius, I greatly appreciate your indignation > at the Slackware linux name to the point that you decided to comment on > it on here so I can learn about it. Oh the joys... this sounds as cool > as being a pastafarian following the noodly teachings of the FSM. I > wonder if Pastafarianism, Church of the SubGenius, and Fictionology can > coexist in one. Which religion should I choose??? > > As cited in the referenced Wikipedia article, this slashdot interview > indicates it > was SubGenius inspired. > http://slashdot.org/interviews/00/03/17/1120205.shtml > > Of course anyone should be free to choose their own distro using > whatever reasoning they decide is appropriate. I personally find the > name of a product to be extremely far down the list of factors when > deciding what products to buy or use. I would imagine there is a great > deal of code in every distro that is written by people who have some > opinions that are in extreme opposition to your own yet I doubt you'd > decide to stop using their awesome programs for that reason alone > (assuming hypothetical code was awesome). > > Either way, thanks again for pseudo controversy so I could learn of > SubGenius. Maybe I will help spread their good works now. > > > -----Original Message----- > *From*: Drmgiver <drmgiver at gmail.com > <mailto:Drmgiver%20%3cdrmgiver at gmail.com%3e>> > *Reply-to*: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > *To*: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:TCLUG%20Mailing%20List%20%3ctclug-list at mn-linux.org%3e>> > *Subject*: Re: [tclug-list] Window Maker distro > *Date*: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:07:17 -0600 > *Mailer*: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) > Gecko/20101208 Thunderbird/3.1.7 > > Again:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius#Slack > > This is where the name *Slack*ware came from. That is why you will see > "Bob" when in reference to Slackware. That is why someone on this very > group mentioned "Bob". Again, it is an insult on Christianity. > > Justin > > On 01/19/2011 12:59 PM, Yaron wrote: > > 1) Saying "Oooh look at the HEATHEN DISTRIBUTION" is trolling. > > > > 2) I seem to recall the whole "background" for the whole "Slack" thing was > > it was supposed to be a side project and they didn't want anyone to > > expect too much from it, so they named it "slackware". I don't see how > > that is an insult to Chrsitanity, or anyone else for that matter. > > > > 3) I can't even seem to get Google to dredge up any way that slackware is > > offensive to Christians. The closest thing I have found is that, in > > fact, someone has made a Christian-oriented distribution BASED ON > > SLACKWARE, named "Slack4Christians". > > > > 4) Just in case you missed point 3 right above, people have used SLACKWARE > > as the basis for a Christian-oriented distribution. And they didn't > > bother taking the "slack" out of the name. > > > > 5) You should stop trolling now. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Drmgiver 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 > >> > > > > -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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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