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

Graham Watson 66gdub at gmail.com
Wed Dec 6 00:46:03 CST 2006 

Tim,
In your situation, CD #1 is probably all you will need from Slackware.
Also, if you're going to run X Windows, I strongly recommend a light Window
Manager like Fluxbox -
otherwise, on a system like yours you'll spend more time waiting than using
it.
One other thing, when you install Slackware, if you choose the manual
package selection with descriptions, it will take a bit of time, but you'll
learn quite a bit from reading what each package is and what it does.

Graham

On 12/5/06, Tim Holloway <tjholloway78 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > 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
> > >>
> > >>http://junktrap.naihl.net
> > >>
> > >>On 12/5/06, discuss-request at nanlug.org <discuss-request at nanlug.org>
> wrote:
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> > >>>    1. tex and dsl (Tim Holloway)
> > >>>    2. Re: tex and dsl (Bill Leuze)
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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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> > >>> Message: 2
> > >>> 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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