I don't start many threads.... maybe one every two or three months. But here
I go (again).

Can you imagine what the reaction might be if P.V. adopted Smart:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1612259

What if Slackware all of a sudden jumped right into the the 21st century...
from where it is currently... in 1997.

Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we might
get a distro that is MODERN.

What a concept.


anc (playing his fiddle)

Le samedi 15 juillet 2006 05:18, ANC s'est exprimé de la sorte sur
alt.os.linux.slackware :


>
> Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
> installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we might
> get a distro that is MODERN.

Why do you use Slackware if you're dreaming of RedHat or Suse ?
Go and get a new Suse linux distro and live your life, stop dreaming it !

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On 2006-07-15, ANC <anc@not_to_beadams-blake.not_tobe.com> wrote:
> Can you imagine what the reaction might be if P.V. adopted Smart:
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1612259

Smart already works pretty well on Slackware Linux, and with Slackware
repositories. Though, it relies on Python, and may not be ideal as
a default package manager for that reason (at least, I wouldn't install
unnecessary cruft on a Slack server).

> What if Slackware all of a sudden jumped right into the the 21st
> century... from where it is currently... in 1997.

UNIX is from the 60'ies and 70'ies, and most UNIX concepts work
very well in 2006. Older technology matured technology isn't bad,
often it is even better. And there will always be a group of people
who want to be able to read and hack the source of the utilities
that they use. You won't be able to do that with 200 MB gorillas.
Slackware Linux is working in a niche, and it is doing well there.

> Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
> installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we might
> get a distro that is MODERN.

And loose the ability to make a custom installer by modifying a few
shell scripts in the initrd image. No thanks!

Slackware is not Red Hat or SUSE, and it doesn't need to be.

-- Daniel

Oh, for the love of Bob...

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:18:00 +0000, ANC wrote:
> Can you imagine what the reaction might be if P.V. adopted Smart:
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/1612259
>
> What if Slackware all of a sudden jumped right into the the 21st
> century... from where it is currently... in 1997.
>
> Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
> installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we might
> get a distro that is MODERN.

ANC, you are the living proof that this old Daoist proverb
is 100% true:

Those who speak, don't know.
Those who know, don't speak.

And with this, I'll bid you adieu, and I'll let you meditate
on the wisdom expressed in the two lines above.

-- U.

On 2006-07-15, Doug713705 wrote:

>> Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
>> installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we might
>> get a distro that is MODERN.

> Why do you use Slackware if you're dreaming of RedHat or Suse ?
> Go and get a new Suse linux distro and live your life, stop dreaming it !

He doesn't use Slackware. He's just the resident troll around here, and
posts crap like this to get a rise out of people. He has a known
history of being unable to use Slackware, and wonders how some are able
to do it. Just ignore him, as the rest of us do.

--
"Kanotix" - A German word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Le samedi 15 juillet 2006 17:55, Dan C s'est exprimé de la sorte sur
alt.os.linux.slackware :


> He doesn't use Slackware. He's just the resident troll around here, and
> posts crap like this to get a rise out of people. He has a known
> history of being unable to use Slackware, and wonders how some are able
> to do it. Just ignore him, as the rest of us do.
>

I will not feed the troll again ;-)

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Le Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:55:15 +0000, Dan C a écrit*:

> On 2006-07-15, Doug713705 wrote:
>
>>> Add Smart to a new KDE (which I expect in 11.0) and a new (Anaconda)
>>> installer, and maybe a YaST-like control panel... and gee whiz... we
>>> might get a distro that is MODERN.
>
>> Why do you use Slackware if you're dreaming of RedHat or Suse ? Go and
>> get a new Suse linux distro and live your life, stop dreaming it !
>
> He doesn't use Slackware. He's just the resident troll around here, and
> posts crap like this to get a rise out of people.

That's certainly true, and it works, though not as much as
he'd wish :-)

> He has a known history
> of being unable to use Slackware, and wonders how some are able to do it.

This is not exact, I believe it's more like he got bored of his
Subaru Forester automatic and changed it for a Testarossa to get
hype but now he's missing the climatizer and the TomTom and, most,
now he engaged first gear while thinking it was "parking gear"
he's a bit annoyed with keeping on the road ;-)

> Just ignore him, as the rest of us do.

Ignore who ?

Dan C <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> trolled:

When we want any shit from you, we'll just give your head a squeeze.

Doug713705 <no-spam.doug.letough@wanadoo.fr.no-spam> trolled:
> Le samedi 15 juillet 2006 17:55, Dan C s'est exprim? de la sorte sur
> alt.os.linux.slackware :

> > He doesn't use Slackware. He's just the resident troll around
> > here, and posts crap like this to get a rise out of people. He
> > has a known history of being unable to use Slackware, and
> > wonders how some are able to do it. Just ignore him, as the
> > rest of us do.

> I will not feed the troll again ;-)

The "resident troll" is Dan C. ANC most certainly does understand
both the strengths and weaknesses of slackware, and because he is
not afraid to point out the weaknesses, he is hated by the zealots
in this ng.

Think of it this way. While ANC is playing some Bach on his system,
troll Dan C. is busy calling him a faggot and demanding that he turn
the Bach off and put Herman and the Hermits on instead.

We shit hard on Dan C. We shit in his face and we grind that shit
into all the orifices in his head, with our boots.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:55:15 +0000, Dan C wrote:

>> Why do you use Slackware if you're dreaming of RedHat or Suse ? Go and
>> get a new Suse linux distro and live your life, stop dreaming it !

> He doesn't use Slackware. He's just the resident troll around here, and
> posts crap like this to get a rise out of people. He has a known history
> of being unable to use Slackware, and wonders how some are able to do it.
> Just ignore him, as the rest of us do.

Oh. One of those "Too stupid too..." types.

I gonna make a startling suggestion - If you want clickity click package
management why not use a distro that has that "feature".

OIC - Too stupid to put that together. Maybe he should stick to microwave
ovens and toasters.