I think it has "Slackware 12 compatibility", but is not known as a "Slackware-based distribution" per wikipedia. I guess that means you can install Slack packages on it. Good question, and I'm still not that clear on the answer.
Understandably. Slackware - good distribution. He stood with me a long time. But already more than a year, I user Debian - work with the package a little easier;)
I like the Debian package system better, too. I used Slackware for nearly a decade, but with release 12 it seemed to be a big mess. The documentation was conflicting with some user hostility written right in. I decided not to bother anymore. Too bad, Slack was always the one that "just worked", until then.
With apt, dpkg, synaptic, or whatever, you just pick out something and install it! So smooth.
That's Puppy Linux running off a CD loaded right into the memory. It's not even touching the hard drive. It's cool and useful, but a full-featured installed system is probably better.
You can always stick a 2nd hard drive in and install the Linus there. Then you can choose each time whether to boot Windows or Linux. Good way to get wet without doing something irreversible. You can even install to the same hard drive that Windows is on, but ya have to partition and stuff.
I know what you mean. I still can't use half the stuff on mine either.
The names fdisk, cfdisk, and some others come to mind. I think a lot of Linux distros come with them and actually offer to run them at the appropriate time during the install process.
***This is a step when it would be advisable to get someone over who has installed it before***, since it would not be all that hard to make a mistake and screw up your Windows partition.
Once you get the partitions right, whether they are on the same hard drive as Windows, or one another one, and you get Linux installed, Linux will install a bootloader. Every time you switch on the computer, you'll then get to choose which system to boot each time.
Getting someone over will definately reduce stress, lol. As automatic as Ubuntu is, for example, mistakes can be made, and you'd really hate to have a wiped hard drive.
I'm trying KDE on my old tower right now cause it just has a 10gig hd and it only has 2.14 free and wubi offers to partition 5-30gb for ubuntu. It looks real interesting. But for someone who doesn't know Linux its about like giving a crop duster pilot a 747. Wish me luck!!!
Well shit, wouldn't ya know it, the old monitor I was running fried, but the old puter is okay cause I checked with this monitor. I had just set the three gears wallpaper with the matrix trickling gyyphs and was checking out that Konqueor browser and it poped and went blank. Thats the second older monitor I've had blow up this year. I thought computer monitors were supposed to last a long time.
Probably just coincidence. I've only had one CRT one blow, ever, and it was under warranty still. Whew!
After I decided to get an LCD one, the first 2 I brought home had a dead pixel or two. It was a small computer store, so they took the next one out and ran it awhile before giving it to me. No problems since.
Just sent myself a pic of dead monitor w/mms capable ph. Let me see what I can do with it. I haven't tried writing code for awhile. Everybody run for cover...
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Turbid # 21. August 2008, 07:54
slackwrdave # 21. August 2008, 08:11
Turbid # 21. August 2008, 08:55
slackwrdave # 21. August 2008, 14:37
With apt, dpkg, synaptic, or whatever, you just pick out something and install it! So smooth.
Panzerplatte # 15. September 2008, 02:31
slackwrdave # 15. September 2008, 03:14
You can always stick a 2nd hard drive in and install the Linus there. Then you can choose each time whether to boot Windows or Linux. Good way to get wet without doing something irreversible. You can even install to the same hard drive that Windows is on, but ya have to partition and stuff.
I know what you mean. I still can't use half the stuff on mine either.
Panzerplatte # 15. September 2008, 03:51
slackwrdave # 15. September 2008, 04:07
***This is a step when it would be advisable to get someone over who has installed it before***, since it would not be all that hard to make a mistake and screw up your Windows partition.
Once you get the partitions right, whether they are on the same hard drive as Windows, or one another one, and you get Linux installed, Linux will install a bootloader. Every time you switch on the computer, you'll then get to choose which system to boot each time.
Getting someone over will definately reduce stress, lol. As automatic as Ubuntu is, for example, mistakes can be made, and you'd really hate to have a wiped hard drive.
Panzerplatte # 15. September 2008, 04:14
slackwrdave # 15. September 2008, 12:16
Panzerplatte # 29. September 2008, 03:47
slackwrdave # 29. September 2008, 04:01
Panzerplatte # 29. September 2008, 04:33
slackwrdave # 29. September 2008, 05:12
After I decided to get an LCD one, the first 2 I brought home had a dead pixel or two. It was a small computer store, so they took the next one out and ran it awhile before giving it to me. No problems since.
Panzerplatte # 29. September 2008, 05:28
Panzerplatte # 29. September 2008, 05:52
slackwrdave # 29. September 2008, 05:55
Panzerplatte # 29. September 2008, 05:58