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Re: Slackware 1996 (was: Swap server .)
Raphael & Tamar wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:02:29 +0300 (IDT),
> Meir Litmanovich <mlitmano@macs.biu.ac.il> wrote:
>
> >1 .Is somebody know something about new slackware ?
> >I heard tht it named "Slackwae 1996" (not so good idea ) and will
> >haave 2.0 kernel and all the new stuff (i.e libs ,etc ... ) .
> >So any information will be welcome .
>
> Linux Slackware 96, a 4-disc set containing 2.0 kernel &c., is
> supposed to be out in a couple of months. From Walnut-Creek, who own
> the Slackware trademark, it'll cost $39.95 (or only $24.95 for
> subscription).
Certainly not to flame anyone, but have you considered moving to something
better than Slackware?
As I see it now, it looks like people who install slackware are stuck with
it until the next release, unless they are willing to start patching away
their disk in a manual way. And once a release is out, you practically have
to erase your disk and re-install.
What I'm aiming at it Debian - it is not a monolithic dist. so pakcages
are updated on a daily basis by their corresponding maintainers almost
immidietly after being released by the original authors. It is also
flexible enough to upgrade/install/deinstall each and every package
individually (e.g. I moved from Debian 0.93R6 to some core of 1.1 simply by
installing some basic packages. Most of my binaries are from 0.93 for now,
though).
Any comments from people who experienced both? It's just that as far
as my knowledge of Slackware goes, it is has no advantage over Debian
in any respect.
Cheers.
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