Keith Keller wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, what didn't you like about CRUX, other than being
> nonbloatware?

But I never said I didn't like it! I just said I didn't have the time yet to
dive into it.

One thing that *could* annoy me, though: the slightly laconic documentation.
For example, that's one thing I love Gentoo for: their docs are really
excellent. Whereas the CRUX docs assume too much knowledge, I think. At
least concerning someone like me.

NK

Petri Kaukasoina wrote:
> See PAT-NEEDS-YOUR-HELP.txt in slackware-current.

Sorry to read about this and my thoughts are with Pat at this time. With
luck he will get the treatment that he needs and, with his positive
outlook on things, he will be well soon.

Hang on in there Pat. Your distro beats all the others and you will also
beat this :-)

Best Wishes
Martin Hughes
Linux User #283064

> If you're interested in a Slack-like distro for PPC, I suggest CRUX.
> It's compatible with the Slackware philosophy, though comes with fewer
> packages by default. (Though still more than Slackintosh had, IIRC.)

Hmm.. I like some of the features of CRUX.. its package managements is as
simple as slackwares but has some nice bits...

Anyway, Keith if you've used it, can you tell me if CRUX supports i18n
(internationalization) fine?
I would not like if they have removed locales or iconv from glibc.



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damjan

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:58:48 -0500, Dominik L.. Borkowski wrote:

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> alexrait1 wrote:
>
>> It can't continue this way. Slackware has to be developed by a much
>> broader forum. Look at Debian - they have 900 official developers...
>> The same with other large scale distros.
>
> right.
> ohh, i wonder how slackware still exists then, after a decade of development
> and still a decent user base?

Add one more user this week.
I installed to a co-workers home computer.

Niki Kovacs <mickey@mouse.com> wrote:
> He will need money for that, and lots of it. There's a certain
> way of not asking for things (like donations) that signify exactly the
> opposite, so I think we can all help, simply by donating. I don't know how
> many Slack users there are in the world, but I think it's now our turn to
> give something back.
>

I absolutely agree with you. The only thing that bothers me is I do not
know how to make such a donation. If there is some offical way of giving
him the money I would be greteful to know how it works. If not we should
probably do something about it. I'am really not in the 'money business',
so if anyone has experience in donations, money transfers, etc please
comment.

And, yes, _it's now our turn to give something back_.

--
wizard

wizard wrote:
> I absolutely agree with you. The only thing that bothers me is I do not
> know how to make such a donation. If there is some offical way of giving
> him the money I would be greteful to know how it works. If not we should
> probably do something about it. I'am really not in the 'money business',
> so if anyone has experience in donations, money transfers, etc please
> comment.

http://store.slackware.com

~mIK

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Mario Berger wrote:

> wizard wrote:
>> I absolutely agree with you. The only thing that bothers me is I do not
>> know how to make such a donation. If there is some offical way of giving
>> him the money I would be greteful to know how it works. If not we should
>> probably do something about it. I'am really not in the 'money business',
>> so if anyone has experience in donations, money transfers, etc please
>> comment.
>
> http://store.slackware.com
>
> ~mIK
>

Other than that, I asked Ananke to ask him last week if he'd setup a
help@slackware.com paypal account or something, and he said he didn't want
one yet.

- --
Fred Emmott
(http://www.fredemmott.co.uk)
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Fred Emmott <mail@fredemmott.co.uk> wrote:
> Mario Berger wrote:
>
>> wizard wrote:
>>> I absolutely agree with you. The only thing that bothers me is I do not
>>> know how to make such a donation. If there is some offical way of giving
>>> him the money I would be greteful to know how it works. If not we should
>>> probably do something about it. I'am really not in the 'money business',
>>> so if anyone has experience in donations, money transfers, etc please
>>> comment.
>>
>> http://store.slackware.com
>>
>> ~mIK
>>
>
> Other than that, I asked Ananke to ask him last week if he'd setup a
> help@slackware.com paypal account or something, and he said he didn't want
> one yet.
>

Well, I think it won't hurt if you ask him this week too.

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wizard

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, wizard dared to utter,
> Well, I think it won't hurt if you ask him this week too.

I don't think that's such a good idea. For all we know Patrick may not
need any money at all. He may have incredibly good health care (it can
happen) and setting up some non-profit charity to fulfill a need that
may not even exist is foolish. Patrick is the only person who knows for
certain how much money and insurance he has, and how much he needs. I'm
sure if his medical bills become outrageous he'll let us know.

- --
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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