Walnut Creek SLACKWARE Linux Retail Box 7.1

My business uses Slackware and only Slackware. It ...

Strengths: Fast, highly configurable, stable.

Weaknesses: Hardware setup can be hard.

Summary: My business uses Slackware and only Slackware. It is a tried and true method, that always manages to remain cutting edge while remaining stable. One of the things that I greatly enjoyed about Slackware, was its ability to run on all kinds of hardware levels. From a old 386 to the highest end computers, in my experence this is the dist that keeps things chugging along. I would reccomend this product hands down, for both home and business use. It has always performed to the utmost of my expectations, and I trust it to continue in this fine path.

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I downloaded this distro of Linux from linuxiso.or ...

Strengths: Highly configurable and stable

Weaknesses: Hardware set up is a tricky business

Summary: I downloaded this distro of Linux from linuxiso.org after I made the decision to leave redhat. I tried several distrobutions before ending up with Slackware, including Mandrake, Corel, Rehdat, SuSe, and several others. When I first got it, it was a little tricky to set up all the hardware, but after I got used to it it was quite easy. X is extremely easy to set up, because the slack kernel and XF86Config comes set up default for frame buffered X. After getting it installed and learning how to use it, Slackware is my distro of choice. I have this running on a 233 mhz laptop, and have had it running without a reboot for over 150 days of use, wich probably would have been much longer had my cat not pulled the power plug. I'm also running my webserver, ftp, and telnet off of this laptop very happily. A friend of mine also has slack 7.1 installed, but on a 386, and his uptime is about 140 days. I'd recommend this distro for anyone who really wants to learn linux, except I'd tell them to go with slackware 8.0 considering it has about 3 times the software on it.

--Slackware for a better world--

doko ni datte..hito wa...tsunagette iru

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