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Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux
Date 2026-08-04 07:13 +0000
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:34:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:29:40 -0400, jayjwa wrote:
> 
>> Slackware doesn't use systemd. Let's not forget the OG of the Linux
>> world.
> 
> Think of Slackware as kind of the “missing link” between an earlier
> all-or-nothing installation like SLS, and the later appearance of
> full-function package managers (Debian, Red Hat etc). It’s an
> interesting historical relic, and fun for wannabe geeks who find Gentoo
> or Arch or LFS too much to cope with, but I’m not sure why you would
> want to inflict it on ordinary people ...

Slackware was my first distro. Download a cubic buttload of floppies one 
by one from the ftp site over dialup and put them all together with Scotch 
tape.

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Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-02 22:12 +0000
  Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux CtrlAltDel <Altie@AL.invalid> - 2026-08-03 01:44 +0000
    Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-03 15:40 -0400
      Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 15:42 -0400
      Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-03 22:18 +0000
        Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-04 07:42 -0400
        Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-04 09:12 -0400
  Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-03 02:21 +0000
    Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 10:12 +0000
      Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-03 17:24 +0000
  Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-02 23:47 -0400
    Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-08-03 11:29 -0400
      Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-03 23:34 +0000
        Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-04 01:25 +0000
          Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-03 23:13 -0400
            Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-04 03:38 +0000
              Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-04 00:54 -0400
          Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-04 10:26 +0500
            Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 11:12 +0100
        Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-04 07:13 +0000
    Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-03 17:02 +0000
      Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 13:12 -0400
        Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-03 22:52 +0500
          Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 14:01 -0400
  Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-03 12:02 +0100
  Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-03 08:03 -0400
    Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-03 22:22 -0400
      Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-04 10:55 +0200
        Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-04 11:11 +0100
        Re: Distros: The Fast Food Of GNU/Linux rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-04 18:09 +0000

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