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slave:
I got tired of Slackware's package managment (or lack thereof) and swaret doesn't cut it.  So I downloaded debian woody, and upgraded it to unstable so I can use kde 3.1.  It's actually pretty nice.  Once you get past the repulsive installer, that is.

Does anyone else use debian?

edit: at least debian *has* an installer, unlike a certain distribution that starts with a 'G' and ends with an 'o'

[ November 14, 2003: Message edited by: Linux User #5225982375 ]

slave:
I'd also like to say that it seems *very* fast on this old 700 mhz laptop with 128MB RAM.  (Red hat linux with GNOME crawled on this machine - mainly due to nautilus, the nasty bloated fucker)   :D  

It's a FILE MANAGER, for crying out loud.  Nautilus can't even browse the web. Konqeror is like a frickin swiss army knife but due to its smart modular design it loads very quickly.

Doogee:
I would like to use debian at some stage but i have been away from linux for a while so i forget alot of my stuff... I will get there eventually.

[ November 14, 2003: Message edited by: Doogee ]

insomnia:

quote:Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
I got tired of Slackware's package managment (or lack thereof) and swaret doesn't cut it.  So I downloaded debian woody, and upgraded it to unstable so I can use kde 3.1.  It's actually pretty nice.  Once you get past the repulsive installer, that is.

Does anyone else use debian?

edit: at least debian *has* an installer, unlike a certain distribution that starts with a 'G' and ends with an 'o'


--- End quote ---


About the installers:
*Debian will use redhat's annaconda installer in the future.
*Gentoo uses a (very well documented) live-CD for their installation.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml

 

Calum:
NOoooooooooooooooooooo

linux user! this is the wrong time to get fed up with slack's package management! THIS JUST IN:

use slapt-get, i'm not kidding! go and get it from linuxpackages.net! it works JUST AS WELL as apt does on debian and red hat!!!!!!!

not that there's anything wrong with debian, but the lack of apt-get is NO LONGER a reason not to use slackware!

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