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Slackware 12

Submitted by srlinuxx on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 01:01.

Introduction:

It should come as no surprise to most of you that I do not like Slackware. It does not behave the way I want a Linux distribution to behave, nor does it follow a philosophy with which I agree.

Some have even questioned why it is that I continue to try out new versions of a distribution I so clearly dislike.

Believe it or not, it isn't because I thrive on spite. That's just a side effect. I genuinely hope that one day Slackware will be the kind of distribution I want. Until then I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.

Install:

Slackware is a slow distribution to change things, so I wasn't at all surprised that the installer is the same ncurses text-based one that has graced it since... at least version 8. At least I can say that for those familiar with Slackware installs, this one offers no surprises.

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Thanks for a memory, but modernization is only afew codes away ?

Submitted by atang1 on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 11:20.

Slackware is for Slackware lovers, over the years, using BSD installer, monitoring errors in english.

Which means, Volkerding needs to spend some time on USB philosophy of mount and install drivers when any USB hotplug event happens. So, cdrom(or PCI card hotplug) has to mount itself by a readout from a sudden disk insert or signal? Thank god, for this review to point out what Slackware needs for a popularity contest?

Slackware may have to use vga=791/2 for xine to work out of a box? So, people did not have to use Nvidia drivers on unknown video cards?

Any new software install, should just have a root permission by password, inserted somewhere or anywhere on the desktop?

Not much constructive changes needed, as I can see? Some people still like the look of Volkswagen beetle after 70 years of development?

Footnote:
Slackware 12 has raised the hardware requirement not using kernel 2.4.x alone. Cpu is now i686(Pentium II), minimum memory has to be 512 mb using Firefox v2.0. Slackware 11 can still use i386, and 256 mb using Firefox v1.5, if not compiling 2.6.x kernels.

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