Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
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From: Michael Black on 10 Sep 2009 12:16 On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, dae3 wrote: > Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman(a)tudelft.nl> wrote: > >> Even Slackware is originally based on another distribution <grin> > > > But LFS isn't... > But Linux from Scratch isn't a distribution. It's the steps needed to build up Linux/GNU from the pool of components that already exists. It's the way everyone had to operate before whoever came along and made the first distribution. Unless you want to do the work, you use one of the distributions, and live with the choices they make for you. Michael > > -- > ~> cat /etc/*-{version,release}|head -n1 && uname -moprs|fold -sw72 > Slackware 12.2.0 > Linux 2.6.27.7-crrm i686 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 > GNU/Linux >
From: bc20 on 10 Sep 2009 13:38 On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:25:19 +0000, notbob wrote: > On 2009-09-10, Old Man <bill(a)witch.lan.invalid> wrote: > >> Good luck with that. You might want to browse distrowatch first. You >> might find several lean, basic distributions already available. >> They'll be based on Slackware. > > While looking for icewm info, I ran across this Slack spin-off I'd not > seen before: > > http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=absolute > > nb I've thrown Absolute on an older computer before and really liked it. The maintainer is also frequently presence on his Absolute forum. Not only is it lightweight, but it can easily be tied down into being an easy to use "web/email/etc" computer for grandma.
From: Loki Harfagr on 10 Sep 2009 14:34 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:36:52 +0000, Dan C did cat : > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:41 +0000, notbob wrote: > > >> I'll certainly be looking at where it's coming from. KDE, I suspect. >> I've always liked KDE, but this is just too much. I just may be able >> to get by without that 3rd CD on the next rev. Anyone know a good alt >> for Konsole? > > Xfce Terminal. ;) Or if, instead of a 'good alt', you even dare to try a 'better alt' ;-) $ Eterm -t Escreen
From: notbob on 10 Sep 2009 15:16 On 2009-09-10, Loki Harfagr <l0k1(a)thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> wrote: > Or if, instead of a 'good alt', you even dare to try a 'better alt' ;-) > $ Eterm -t Escreen I remember trying eterm and aterm back when I first discovered slackware. aterm had all the whistles and bells and silliness like translucent, etc, when that was all the rage. I may look again. nb
From: Joost Kremers on 10 Sep 2009 16:27
Eef Hartman wrote: > dae3 wrote: >> Most existing distros are based on some other distro. > > Even Slackware is originally based on another distribution <grin> > (SLS - Softlanding Linux System, to be exact, see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System ). Mmm... It's interesting to read the other language wikipedias on SLS. The English and German wikipedias mention that Slackware was started to fix bugs in SLS, all the other pages mention that SLS made itself impopular because it switched its executable format from a.out to ELF...[1] Also interesting to see is the fact that the Russian page is by far the longest. J. PS: If I'm completely honest, I like the name "Softlanding Linux System" better than "Slackware"... :-/ Footnotes: [1] Well, the Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese pages do. The Polish and Russian pages mention something about a.out and ELF, but since I can't read nor decipher those languages, who knows what they're saying... ;-) -- Joost Kremers joostkremers(a)yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9) |