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From: notbob on 1 Jun 2010 12:42 On 2010-06-01, J G Miller <miller(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote: > not consider that Slackware is a burden, so please do not > try to imply that I was saying that it was by your insinuations. Don't have a cow, JG. I'm sure Michael meant no personal slight against you. Perhaps he's unaware Frugalware is based on Slackware, as are so many good distros, these days. ;) nb
From: J G Miller on 1 Jun 2010 13:09 On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:42:17 +0000, NotBob wrote: > On 2010-06-01, J G Miller <miller(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote: > >> not consider that Slackware is a burden, so please do not try to imply >> that I was saying that it was by your insinuations. > > Don't have a cow, JG. Okay, I am not having a cow. ;) > Perhaps he's unaware Frugalware is based on Slackware, as are so > many good distros, these days. ;) Yes, which is the point that was intended. For a neophyte, I would not suggest Slackware in the first instance, since PC Linux, Mint Linux, and openSuse would I feel be more appropriate. But as Slackware had been mentioned, I was suggesting that a derived distribution which offered an install of more packages as standard plus some GUI administration tools might be more appropriate.
From: Darren Salt on 2 Jun 2010 15:51
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