Hi All,

First off, I'm not a troll. I have been using Slackware for the last 8
months or so and really like it. It has done everything I have asked of
it.

The reason I pose the question is that I have been using Mandrake as my
desktop OS for ~3 months, while relegating Slackware as my server OS
(web/email/Samba shares).

While I have found Mandrake to be a very good option for my workstation,
I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS? And those of you that _are_ using it for
your 'desktop' OS, what are you doing with it?

I have recently decided that Windoze is too annoying for me, but I have
found there are some Win apps which I can't seem to replace (I am getting
involved in digital video editing - takes 1/3 the time to process in
Windoze apps vs. Kino, etc. in Linux - and I really like Forte Agent as a
text newsreader), but I'm getting close.

I would appreciate hearing your real-life experiences with whichever
distro you use as your desktop OS.


Scott McMillan

Scott McMillan wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> First off, I'm not a troll. I have been using Slackware for the last 8
> months or so and really like it. It has done everything I have asked of
> it.
>
> The reason I pose the question is that I have been using Mandrake as my
> desktop OS for ~3 months, while relegating Slackware as my server OS
> (web/email/Samba shares).
>
> While I have found Mandrake to be a very good option for my workstation,
> I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
> 'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS? And those of you that _are_ using it for
> your 'desktop' OS, what are you doing with it?
>
> I have recently decided that Windoze is too annoying for me, but I have
> found there are some Win apps which I can't seem to replace (I am getting
> involved in digital video editing - takes 1/3 the time to process in
> Windoze apps vs. Kino, etc. in Linux - and I really like Forte Agent as a
> text newsreader), but I'm getting close.
>
> I would appreciate hearing your real-life experiences with whichever
> distro you use as your desktop OS.
>
>
> Scott McMillan
I've been running Slack 9.1 on my laptop for about 6 months now.

On 2004-04-01, Scott McMillan <smcm@usa.net> wrote:
> I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
> 'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS?

(holding hand up) - ~5 workstations, 18+ servers running Slack, and many
flavors of *nix on a large number of servers in 6 data centers that I help
admin using Slack.

> And those of you that _are_ using it for your 'desktop' OS, what are you
> doing with it?

....uhh - systems administration, development, imaging, browsing, taxes,
emailing my mom...

> I am getting involved in digital video editing - takes 1/3 the time to
> process in Windoze apps vs. Kino, etc. in Linux

Hmm - wonder why Pixar chose to use Linux for rendering instead of Windows.

> and I really like Forte Agent as a text newsreader), but I'm getting close.

slrn is a well liked cli newsreader.

Michael

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| I would appreciate hearing your real-life experiences with whichever
| distro you use as your desktop OS.

I've used Slackware as my desktop OS since 1997, and as a server OS since about
2001.

Currently, I have Slackware 9.0 running on
- - a home server (firewall/nat/samba/ftp/mail/nfs/http/https)
- - a home desktop (blackbox and KDE)
- - a laptop (blackbox and KDE)
- - a server at work (mail/samba/http/some other things)


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Registered Linux User #112576 (http://counter.li.org/)
Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing.
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:07:06 -0500, Scott McMillan wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
> I would appreciate hearing your real-life experiences with whichever
> distro you use as your desktop OS.
>
>
> Scott McMillan

Got to be honest, found Slack 8.0 on a coverdisk, installed it, loved it,
became a subscriber. Didn't get on so well with 9.0 and had a problem
with KDE on 9.1. Now I use Libranet 2.8 for all day to day stuff. I
keep Slack 9.0 on a dual boot box and mainly use it in console mode.

Newsreader? Pan.

--
Pablo

(For email replace "total" with "eclipse")

Desktop : Slack9.0 Windowmaker
Lap : Slack9.0 Windowmaker

Both for web dev, 3d modeling, animation and usual daily work!

Slack initially in 1997 then seriously since 2002.

ta
sreekant

Scott McMillan wrote:
> While I have found Mandrake to be a very good option for my workstation,
> I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
> 'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS? And those of you that _are_ using it for
> your 'desktop' OS, what are you doing with it?

i've been using slackware since september 2001 as my only desktop OS. i've
used it to write my PhD thesis (in LaTeX), to read/write mail, web
surfing, and everything else one does on a computer.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)

Scott McMillan <smcm@usa.net> wrote:
> I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
> 'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS? And those of you that _are_ using it for
> your 'desktop' OS, what are you doing with it?

I've been using Slackware on my desktop since 1994 (486dx2 machine).
Since then we've been gradually moving from HP-UX workstations to Linux
Slackware and since 2000 the file servers are Slackware too (they used to
be SCSI based HP machines).
And in essence at my WORK we almost don't use anything else anymore than
Linux (sometimes a short trip to VMware/Windows/Office for a incoming
document or sheet that Open Office can't handle).

At home it is a bit different, I alternate between MS-Dos (6.2 !!), Windows
(some applications aren't available in any other way) and (mostly) Linux
(Slackware again).
PS: as the VMware licenses are my work's ones, I haven't got VMware at home,
although I DO have the DOS emulator.
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Scott McMillan wrote:
> While I have found Mandrake to be a very good option for my workstation,
> I'm curious to know how many of you are using Slackware for your
> 'everyday, run-of-the-mill' OS? And those of you that _are_ using it for
> your 'desktop' OS, what are you doing with it?

My first encounter with Slackware was in '93, I started using it in '94.
Now I use it for my daily work (LaTeX, Mozilla, FreePascal, EMACS,
elvis, PINE, etc.) and on servers.

Daniel

Scott McMillan wrote:
> I would appreciate hearing your real-life experiences with whichever
> distro you use as your desktop OS.

I am using Slackware as my desktop OS, with a few server-tasks in the
back. I use my computer for web development (php/mysql) so I run a LAMP
setup. Aside from that, I use the machine as MP3 jukebox (it's connected
to my stereo), I use it for my company administration (quite simple: I
work for myself), and for playing games (MUDs, Neverwinter Nights,
Heroes of Might & Magic), and for general browsing/email/newsreading etc.

I used to work with Mandrake, but felt it was too "newbie-aimed". I
wanted to learn more of the basics of linux, so I switched my Mandrake
for a nice slackware installation. During bootup you already notice the
difference: Mandrake installs a lot of useless rubbish by default.
During regular use, I also feel the machine is much faster, but that's
more than just a distro-difference. I use fluxbox these days, as opposed
to KDE in the past. fluxbox is much less system-demanding.

Well, that's it I guess.

--
Stefan Koopmanschap
PHP/MySQL developer - websites, intranet and extranet systems and more...
http://www.stefankoopmanschap.com/
php@stefankoopmanschap.com