From: lam836@cs.cuhk.hk (Savio Lam) Subject: Re: which is better: Slackware or SLS Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1993 13:09:46 GMT
love never die (dracula@manowar.micro.umn.edu) wrote:
> In <cam.744602903@hawk> cam@adied.oz.au (Cameron) writes:
> >Which is better: the latest Slackware or the latest SLS release ?
> >By better I mean in terms of ease of installation, coherency between the
> >various parts and overall "up-to-dateness".
> >Anyone?
> >cameron.
> I go for Slackware version. I think the install script gives the user more
> control for what to install from the diskette. I am right now using the
> Slackware 1.0 which is using the 0.99p11 of linux kernal, and I find
> it very stable. In addition, there are more utilities than the last SLS
> I've used. However, right now there is Slackware 1.01 out with the
> 0.99p12 Alpha kernal, I think I will try it after Linus tell us what's
> new for the 0.99p12 from c.o.l.a.
Would you please tell me what is this Slackware and where to get it
(ftp)? I've been following c.o.l quite closely and don't even know it
exists, is it a new distribution besides SLS, MCC, TAMU, etc? Since my
hard disk crashed so it's time for me to try out another package besides
SLS :)
Regards,
Savio Lam.