While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:


Slackware:
This was the first LINUX distribution and is supposed to be the
most current (software is always the latest). It's a pain to
install and manage, although school kids who don't know any
better love it.


ken

No One wrote :

> While looking through the Rute Manual

Shouldn't that be the Rude Manual?
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

No_One wrote:

> While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:
>
>
> Slackware:
> ..... school kids who don't know any
> better love it.

No doubt the author was once a member of this newsgroup :-)

Al

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:11:39 +0000, Al. C wrote:

> No_One wrote:
>
>> While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:
>>
>>
>> Slackware:
>> ..... school kids who don't know any
>> better love it.
>
> No doubt the author was once a member of this newsgroup :-)
>
> Al

No, just a reader of your posts.

On 2005-06-14, Thomas Overgaard <thover@post2.tele.dk> wrote:
>
> No One wrote :
>
>> While looking through the Rute Manual
>
> Shouldn't that be the Rude Manual?

I'd be curious if the Prentice Hall version contains this comment. I can't
image any sharp editor letting the comment into a bookstore version.

ken

No_One wrote:
> While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:
>
>
> Slackware:
> This was the first LINUX distribution and is supposed to be the
> most current (software is always the latest). It's a pain to
> install and manage, although school kids who don't know any
> better love it.
>
>
> ken

Another insightful observation:

Slackware

* This distribution is for those that don't care for the overhead
of configuration interfaces, and have a great appetite for raw text
files. No need for dependency checks, since they always know what they
are doing. Especially important to Slackware users are the bragging
rights of using the oldest distribution still in development. Plus the
fact that it has been supported by the same diety all that time,
Patrick J. Volkerding. Newbies should be cautious around Slackware
users, because they will cut you none.

[http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?...22227&tid=149]

BTW, where did you manage to grab Rute? I never could download it from
co.za.

Mikhail

On 2005-06-15, Mikhail Zotov <muxaul@lenta.ru> wrote:
>
> Another insightful observation:
>
> Slackware
>
> * This distribution is for those that don't care for the overhead
> of configuration interfaces, and have a great appetite for raw text
> files. No need for dependency checks, since they always know what they
> are doing. Especially important to Slackware users are the bragging
> rights of using the oldest distribution still in development. Plus the
> fact that it has been supported by the same diety all that time,
> Patrick J. Volkerding. Newbies should be cautious around Slackware
> users, because they will cut you none.

Some would agree with the last line

> BTW, where did you manage to grab Rute? I never could download it from
> co.za.

Had it for years.

http://www.timestocome.com/personal/rute.html.tar.bz2

Try the above url, I just checked the older 2001 version is there....still
good for quick ref

ken

Mikhail Zotov <muxaul@lenta.ru> wrote:
>
> Another insightful observation:
>
> Slackware
>
> * This distribution is for those that don't care for the overhead
> of configuration interfaces, and have a great appetite for raw text
> files. No need for dependency checks, since they always know what they
> are doing. Especially important to Slackware users are the bragging
> rights of using the oldest distribution still in development. Plus the
> fact that it has been supported by the same diety all that time,
> Patrick J. Volkerding. Newbies should be cautious around Slackware
> users, because they will cut you none.
>
> [http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?...22227&tid=149]
>
The same diety???? :-)

--
Chris Green

No_One wrote:
> While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:
>
>
> Slackware:
> ...........and is supposed to be the
> most current (software is always the latest).

Well, that bit's a thigh-slapper.

Regards

Chu

No_One wrote:
> On 2005-06-15, Mikhail Zotov <muxaul@lenta.ru> wrote:
....
> > BTW, where did you manage to grab Rute? I never could download it from
> > co.za.
>
> Had it for years.
>
> http://www.timestocome.com/personal/rute.html.tar.bz2
>
> Try the above url, I just checked the older 2001 version is there....still
> good for quick ref
>
> ken

Thanks, Ken!

Mikhail