From: cvarner@ucrengr.ucr.edu (curtis varner) Subject: Re: Where is Slackware Linux dist? Date: 21 Sep 1993 03:24:41 GMT
Hello,
Slackware can be found at ftp.cdrom.com in the
/pub/linux/slackware directory. I just downloaded the stuff today -
with the exception of the stuff in the zooed directory, and it took
up 40MB to store the a1-14, e1-e5, f1, q1, x1-x11 disks.
Things I've noticed that SLACKWARE has, besides the same
stuff that SLS has are (to best of my knowledge):
- networking that works
- nfs install that works
- pine binaries
- TAMU package
- latest version of Emacs (19.19)
- the XS3-0.0.4 - for S3 accelerated video cards
- Other editors - such as JOVE and JOE
Those are just the things I can think of off the top of
my head. Both SLS and SLACKWARE have more or less the same
packages - the difference lies in how the series are named,
and the quality of the install scripts. I've done quite a few
installations of linux in the past two weeks, and the times I've
tried SLS, I haven't been able to install over NFS. Slackware
has worked everytime. I also like the installation script
SLACKWARE uses. Good work, Patrick.
Curt Varner
CS Student, UC Riverside