Re: [PLUG] socf: questions

[fourje <fourje@netscapeonline.co.uk>]

Bill Jonas wrote:
> 
> CIA reports from Mar 7 indicate fourje may or may not have said:
> 
> >Bill,
> >I'm not in Linux right now, but I have used lynx off and on and if I
> >remember correctly if you type the "=" sign, that will give you the
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> Oh, wow -- gold mine!  :)   Thanks *so much* -- that's very cool.
>
> >Hope this helps.
> 
> Sure does.
> 

GOOD :-)

> >Also - are you using Slack. 7 ?  If so - what's it like??
> 
> Well, I think it's all right, but I have no basis for comparison (other
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Thanks for the input - I started with Slackware 3.0, and have used 4.0 -
just wondering if 7.0 was worth the visit.

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> things about RH.  SuSE's getting more and more interesting to me, for
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>  I just now poked around on their ftp
> site (the directory structure there is remarkable similar to the
> /pub/linux/slackware tree at cdrom.com), and it appears that rpm is the
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That's because Patrick Volkerding has worked very closely with the SuSE
team in the (at least early) development of the the SuSE distribution. 
I think that slackware may well have been an inspirational light in the
SuSE model.

I've tried - and used - Slack, RH, Deb (Corel), OpenLinux and SuSE. 
Corel was ok, but I think I'll wait a couple of versions before I
seriously work with it.  I'm currently using Openlinux 2.2 - "SOLID" 
but I may move onto SuSE 6.1 if I can't get the sound and ISDN
configured soon (bummer because StarOffice and WP 8 come with my OL
disks and I only have the Infomagic version of SuSE - wait a min - WP is
supposed to be on that CD set somewhere).  SuSE is supposed to have a
decent ISDN setup (ISDN is big over here in the UK and Europe) and that
may be a deciding factor.
 
Dave_E
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