[ale] Slackware user list?

[Eric Z. Ayers]

If what you really want is more flexibility with confinguring your X
server, then maybe you should look into how the XF86Config file
really works.  It is hard to get everything everyone wants to do right 
in a spiffy GUI config tool.  Besides, it will save you a lot of time
re-installing your system.

picture an old geezer... "That's the way we did it in the ol' days ma boy!" 

-Eric.

Jeff Walters writes:
 > > I don't think this should be a flamewar issue - it's rather one of the
 > > strengths of having multiple distros.  You can get a distribution geared
 > > towards your own strengths and preferences, which is preferable to the
 > > situation where one vendor puts out a bloated 'one size fits all'
 > > product which makes no one really happy.
 > 
 > I'd like to ask for some brief non-flame distro advice on Debian
 > vs. Slackware.  I'm on Mandrake 7.1 now but want to move to another
 > distro, probably either Debian or Slackware.  The good things about
 > Mandrake is the Pentium optimized binary RPM's and the Red Hat
 > compatibility.  But... configuration is getting so automated that it's
 > hard to do tweaking without breaking something: for example
 > Xconfigurator and XF8Config don't work right, you must use XFDrake
 > which is great unless it doesn't do what you want.
 > 
 > The way I see the distro differences is:
 > Red Hat/Mandrake -- great marketability, lots o' RPM's out there,
 > Mandrake is Pentium optimized, but configurability seems to be waning
 > Debian -- pure free system (if you're gonna do it do it right), has a
 > nice package system and automated update, but updates are much slower
 > unless for security, could be a pain waiting on features
 > Slackware -- good balance, mostly free, doesn't rely on package system
 > or configuration system so you have control, and it is also mostly
 > current as far as the app versions.  But no package/update system.
 > 
 > Can someone correct my impressions on this?  Does either Debian or
 > Slackware compile for i586?
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