[Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2

Wed Dec 6 00:32:30 CST 2006

just for the record, everyone, i have amd k6 400 MHz with 192 megs of ram, although 8 megs is taken away by the bios for video, i think.

i've downloaded and burned a 3-cd set for slackware 11.0. i was just about to start in on it and some other distros but decided to check e-mail.

i think slackware sounds like exactly what i've been looking for all along. i want something hands-on that i can learn from, not merely something preorganized, although with tex and some source code and whatever tools i need to make use of them are thrown in, i'm not picky on all the other stuff.

knoppix worked live, too, but i'm still uncertain how i'd get into tex or the source code, if they exist on it.

thanks again, guys.

tim

ps: oh, and i think i'm going to unsubscribe long enough to subscribe with my new e-mail address.

my new e-mail address is timothyjholloway at gmail.com

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> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:59:01 -0800
> From: billeuze at shaw.ca
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2
> To: discuss at nanlug.org
> 
> I agree with the following. And yes, it is not quite as "plug and Play" ish as some other distros, so you have to do your homework
> 
> Bill
> 
> At 10:49 AM 2006-12-05, you wrote:
> >I second the Slackware endorsement;
> >I have it running on 2 older machines. It is extremely stable and comes with
> >many packages (if you so choose).
> >As an added bonus, you will learn a lot more about Linux when you choose a
> >distro like Slackware, as it requires you to do a little reading up and
> >hand-configuring of your system.
> >Well worth the extra effort - my 2 cents.
> >
> >Graham
> >
> >On 12/5/06, Jeff Childs <jgchilds at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm not sure what you have for hardware, but based on the fact that you
> >>tried Ubuntu, I would recommend giving Slackware a try. It will run on
> >>most
> >>hardware, and contains the packages you mentioned below.
> >>
> >>Hope this helps,
> >>
> >>Jeff
> >>
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> >>>    1. tex and dsl (Tim Holloway)
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> >>> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 14:40:39 -0800
> >>> From: Tim Holloway <tjholloway78 at hotmail.com>
> >>> Subject: [Discuss] tex and dsl
> >>> To: Nanaimo LUG <discuss at nanlug.org>
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> >>>
> >>> hello everyone.
> >>>
> >>> it seems that although i have a better computer now, i still can't run a
> >>> better version of linux. i tried ubuntu but got an error 17 then the l99
> >>at
> >>> boot.
> >>>
> >>> but dsl works. however, i wanted to install tex on it and when i use
> >>mount
> >>> -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom like the guide (
> >>> http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/live.html#x1-120003) tells me,
> >>> it doesn't work. i dropped the last two sections of the directory, then
> >>> spaced iso 9660, put it back, blech. but bash told me the iso format
> >>wasn't
> >>> recognized by the kernel.
> >>>
> >>> if anyone happens to know what's going on, please let me know... ?
> >>>
> >>> i'd like linux, tex, and hopefully some source code of some sort to play
> >>> with, especially python (since i'm just starting out).
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> tim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:27:01 -0800
> >>> From: Bill Leuze <billeuze at shaw.ca>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Discuss] tex and dsl
> >>> To: Nanaimo Linux User Group discussion list <discuss at nanlug.org>
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> >>> At 02:40 PM 2006-12-04, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >hello everyone.
> >>> >
> >>> >it seems that although i have a better computer now, i still can't run
> >>a
> >>> better version of linux. i tried ubuntu but got an error 17 then the l99
> >>at
> >>> boot.
> >>> >
> >>> >but dsl works. however, i wanted to install tex on it and when i use
> >>> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom like the guide (
> >>> http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/live.html#x1-120003) tells me,
> >>> it doesn't work. i dropped the last two sections of the directory, then
> >>> spaced iso 9660, put it back, blech. but bash told me the iso format
> >>wasn't
> >>> recognized by the kernel.
> >>> >
> >>> >if anyone happens to know what's going on, please let me know... ?
> >>>
> >>> well, 2 things to look for:
> >>> -1. make sure the mount point /mnt/cdrom does exist, if not create it
> >>>         mkdir /mnt/cdrom
> >>> -2. make sure the device /dev/cdrom does exist or, if /dev/cdrom doesn't
> >>> work, try /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd, its bound to be one of those
> >>> (/dev/cdrom would just be a symbolic link to one of those anyway)
> >>>
> >>> But we could help better if you let us know what your display reads when
> >>> "it doesn't work", likely there is a very helpful error message there.
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>>
> >>> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> >i'd like linux, tex, and hopefully some source code of some sort to
> >>play
> >>> with, especially python (since i'm just starting out).
> >>> >
> >>> >thanks,
> >>> >
> >>> >tim
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >my new e-mail address is timothyjholloway at gmail.com
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