Placid Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Since there seem to be soooooo many Linux users in the game, it would be cool to know whats the most popular dist. So just choose, damnit! (And no windoze users should vote ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grum Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Yay! We Mandrake users pwn u all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 14, 2004 lol, yeah baby!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wytter Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Gentoo and LFS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 14, 2004 I've been desperate to try gentoo, cos mandrake is a little too 'friendly' for my liking, i wanna go hardcore However i couldnt install it on my amd64 laptop (couldnt fdisk my partitions, and i could set up my network card...believe me, i tried). Perhaps i'll give it a go sometime... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero Report post Posted October 14, 2004 I assume all Gentoo users know that there's an ebuild games-rpg/eternal-lands Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Ebuild? WTH sick word. Like Microsoft one...RaWr! Slackware forever. Old UNIX tradition without any sick things like rpm and depencies. And the one system who almost in 100% comply with FHS so I don't have to bloody search to find something like on some evil things such like red hat or mdk and neverending mess in there. And nice to know that FreeBSD is Linux distribution! I am making a screenie and posting on pl.comp.os.freebsd right now! ROTFL! Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 14, 2004 never delved into slackware, but im tempted.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leeloo Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Missing option: "Do it yourself". ./configure make make install (ok, so I didn't install everything that way (yet), but important stuff like kernel, libc, gcc, grub - yes). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted October 14, 2004 That option looks like that: ./configure --prefix=/usr make make install DESTDIR=/tmp/bla cd /tmp makepkg bla-1.2-i686.tgz installpkg bla-1.2-i686.tgz mv bla-1.2-i686.tgz /chloe/install/tgz rm -rf bla Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wytter Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Slackware forever. Old UNIX tradition without any sick things like rpm and depencies. Old = Good? I only think that'll go when speaking about liquor and some music :-) Leeloo - LFS would be for you then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cicero Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Old = Good? I only think that'll go when speaking about liquor and some music :-) Yeah, some things are good to save for a special occasion. Wine, for example. I've recently discovered that sandwich meat is not, in fact, a good thing to save for a special occasion. Unless that special occasion is stinking up your room. Month-old poorly-refrigerated roast beef is good for that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Slackware was one of first Linux distributions. And yes, on UNIX, tradition is good. When I see that new "modern" distributions I am kinda sick. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted October 15, 2004 *BSD is NOT a Linux flavour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted October 15, 2004 *BSD is NOT a Linux flavour. This is what I've tried to tell him. ;-) Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chatterbug89 Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Slackware Live Forever...I love Slackware Missing option: "Do it yourself". ./configure make make install Acutallly...I go... ./configure make checkinstall y enter type description enter yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leeloo Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Leeloo - LFS would be for you then Not quite, because I didn't start from scratch. I started with SuSE, and replaced one thing at a time, as newer versions of the software was available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Missing option: "Do it yourself". ./configure make make install (ok, so I didn't install everything that way (yet), but important stuff like kernel, libc, gcc, grub - yes). 90% of the time i compile software, its tailored for the system and its up-to-date.... rpm's are for n00bs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wytter Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Slackware was one of first Linux distributions. Yes, and he deserves respect for providing a distribution for the last 12 years. Still I prefer other distributions over Slackware, as they are better for my usage. I hate it when even distributions become religion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 15, 2004 *BSD is NOT a Linux flavour. I know, i dont know why i put it as an option.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Curor Report post Posted October 15, 2004 What is this Linux you speak of? O_o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 15, 2004 What is this Linux you speak of? O_o Its a piece of software for windows :lol: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Platyna Report post Posted October 15, 2004 *BSD is NOT a Linux flavour. I know, i dont know why i put it as an option.... Coz u r da n00b. R3g4rdZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placid Report post Posted October 15, 2004 Coz u r da n00b. ..........no......... *sniff* ..........im......... *sniff* .........not......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alox Report post Posted October 22, 2004 I use Libranet. Here Nice and light with IceWM, but debian based so with apt packagement system. Its commercial, but there is no current commercial release so it is free. Also pretty user friendly, which means most linux users wont like it . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites