snutz411 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 I've been using Slackware 10.0 on my Dell 600m for the past couple years and I can say that it is a great learning tool for anyone who wants to get into Linux. There is a big learning curve for anyone who wants to use Slackware, but once you start to catch up, you REALLY catch up.A couple days ago I got the bright idea to wipe 10.0 off my laptop and install 10.2 instead of doing it the sensible way (without having to fdisk and repartition, but I was bored anyway). Then today, I decided to go back to good old 10.0. I had a hard time trying to find downloads for the install discs because I lost my other ones since it was such a long time since I needed them. One of the main reason was that for some reason I couldn't get my ATI on board Video card to work correctly with 10.2, I could have been due to the kernel, but both versions stayed pretty similar using the 2.4 kernel (instead of the 2.6 which can cause lots of a hardware compatibility issues). Another reason was because I didn't like the way KDE looked. The newer version of the KDE got rid fo the bigger icon mouse overs in favor for a giant tooltip type deal (yuk).This was probably something that I was just looking to find something bad with so I can go back to what I know and love.But there are some GOOD things I noticed too about the upgrade.1. Any user and shutdown and restart the computer now. Previously only root could have such priviledges.2. You don't have to mess around with the /etc/iniitab to get KDE as your default Window Manager3. Obviously, its the most recently version of Slackware, so its good to stay current.However, I don't believe I'm the only one that feels this way. In the Slackware Community, the 2 most used version of it seem to be 9.1 and 10.0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz1405241485 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 well, Slackware users are now mainly comprised of old skool users. They like the old ways. The 2 listed above have been fixed by @ least SuSE Linux since version 8.xboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhiram 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2006 Slackware is an awesome distro and it'll always be one of my favorites. After using 10.1 for six months, I've shifted over to Gentoo and I've never looked back. The things I've learnt with Slackware sure came in handy when I started out with Gentoo. Of course, Gentoo takes some amount of tiem and work to get things cracking, but Slackware is up and ready in 15min with KDE. As regards your ATI drivers, maybe you can try getting the latest drivers from the site and try it out. Also, most slackware users, immediatly after installing, upgrade their kernel to 2.6. Maybe you can try it out and see if it works better for you. Getting 10.0 might be difficult now. Besides, all the programs on it are way out-dated. I would suggest you get 10.2 and work on it to make it better. Always good to have a customised and fine-tuned Linux system . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snutz411 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2006 I retract my previous statement about going back to Slackware 10.0. I did switch back to 10.2 for updateability. I had everything pretty much setup and configured for 10.0, then I decided to run slapt-get to update the software on the computer and little did I realize that it was pulling files down from the 10.2 FTP site instead of the 10.0. After it was all done, I couldnt start up X11 anymore.Slackware gave me a little kick in the crotch, but I forgave it. I put back on 10.2, found new ATI drivers (which I got working) and resources for this version are readily available.O the pains of working with Slackware, but I still believe that it will make me stronger in the end, haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wutske 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2006 Most distributions and version are available at ftp.belnet.be . Slackware versions are here: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/I've used slackware for a while on my computer next to windows, but I still used windows more than linux (because my data was there on an NTFS partition, I couldn't find programs that I want and linux is a slow booter ). Now I removed it because I had to reinstall windows and I needed an empty partition for my data (+ the partitioning would change so I couldn't use the boot.bin anymore to start linux via the windows boot manager).I think I just need some time to realy get used to linux. I'm not realy a slow learner, more a fast forgetting type , so that doesn't make it more easy . But, if I finish this schoolyear succesfully, I have 3 months or so to learn it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
