I’m pretty sure I’ve addressed this before in some way or another, but I think it bears repeating. I’ve been seeing a new influx of posts on “which is the best distro?” and frankly it’s getting a bit dull. Newsflash: there is no “best” distro. Every one has their strengths and their weaknesses and every [...]
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Debian: Apt-Get Failures
I decided to play with Debian again, can’t recall why – it just seemed like a good idea at the time. So I grabbed my netinstall CD and installed Debian Etch (or Debian version 4.0). As expected, it installed without a hitch and all hardware except my PCMCIA wireless adapter was found and set up. [...]
2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
Yep, it’s that time of year again, go now to the LQ.org Members Choice Awards Forum and cast your vote for the following: Desktop Distribution of the Year Window Manager of the Year Network Security Application of the Year Multimedia Utility of the Year Host Security Application of the Year Office Suite of the Year [...]
Slackware 12 in Da House
Having tried a number of different distros over the years, I always enjoy reinstalling and running Slackware. For a number of reasons, I was running Kubuntu for a while – if you need to be up and running in little time and have a fully functional and straightforward desktop, you could do a lot worse [...]
Slackware 12.0 Has Been Released
Hey Slack fans! The awaited release of Slackware 12.0 is upon us. Go to the website and get it. Read the official announcement. Download the disk(s). If you like proper .iso files and don’t want the hassle of torrenting, look here – I know I did! Revel in the fact that you run the same [...]
Part 3
Get me, I’m a Debian user. Who would have thought that, around a month ago when I decided to try a different distro, that it would stick. I tried installed PC Linux OS to try it out, but something went wrong during a large set of updates and I realised that I had no inclination [...]
