it brilliant!
but people should start linux using something like redhat or suse just
to get familarized with linux. Coz in em operating systems installing
linux is fairly easier than slackware. And some items need to be dug
up before you can install. ie like installing a slackware compiled
packaged may be i wasnt thinking properly at that time trying to
install the package in anormal way, trying to compile it rather than
using the provided package management software.

Did start with slackware live, bought the slackware CD's installed it
but didnt know how to get on with it. Tried Redhat got a big famillier
with linux like knowing where somethings are located and so on. Went
back to slackwware, actually what made me switch to slackware again
was redhat kept stalling on re start after dettinging the usb ports.
running fsck at startup pissed me off. its even slower than windows
scan disk (it may be unfair)

is it normal in gnome not to be able to place icons on the desktop or
right click on it? coz on redhat in gnome i could do allthis. when
installing gnome on slackware i chose metacity as i didnt have a clue
what it was. even after uninstalling meta city couldnt do any of the
above? any ideas folks?

In article <77c5cbfa.0307270409.2d0b1a48@posting.google.com >,
marsques wrote:
> but people should start linux using something like redhat or suse just

"... People should ..." That sounds like you assume that all people are
alike? I disagree. Some users will do much better starting with
Slackware.

> to get familarized with linux.

It doesn't necessarily happen that way. Those distros hide the inner
workings from the user/admin, so they have no idea what's really going
on. I see this all the time in general Linux NG's. They come in with Red
Hat-specific questions, and if I give a Linux generic (distro-neutral)
answer, they have no idea what I'm on about. (They don't even know how
to tell when a question is applicable to Linux or to the distro.

> Coz in em operating systems installing
> linux is fairly easier than slackware.

It's probably true that more of the things you get with the OS will
"just work" without your intervention. OTOH you learn and remember when
you have to GAFC, RTFM and STFW to make something work. Once you really
GAFC, the process becomes much easier!

> And some items need to be dug
> up before you can install. ie like installing a slackware compiled
> packaged may be i wasnt thinking properly at that time trying to
> install the package in anormal way, trying to compile it rather than
> using the provided package management software.

I don't really understand the above.

> back to slackwware, actually what made me switch to slackware again
> was redhat kept stalling on re start after dettinging the usb ports.

When things like this come up in Slackware, you troubleshoot the problem
to find the cause. Then you fix it. Changing distros for such reasons is
fairly common, but it's a crapshoot as to whether or not the new distro
will avoid the problem.

The typical unscientific person examines the result and concludes that
$DISTRO0 doesn't support USB, but $DISTRO1 does. That's what he tells
all his typical unscientific friends, and they believe it, and
misunderstandings proliferate.

When something doesn't work, I know there is a real, discernable cause
of the problem. If I fail to find it, I may ask for help, but I know it
was MY failure. I don't blame Slackware or the package in question
unless I find a definite indication of a bug. (And then I would report
it.)

> is it normal in gnome not to be able to place icons on the desktop or

I don't use GNOME, sorry.
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In article <77c5cbfa.0307270409.2d0b1a48@posting.google.com >, marsques wrote:
> but people should start linux using something like redhat or suse just
> to get familarized with linux.

How will RedHat or SuSE familiarize someone with linux? RedHat doesn't
even use Linus' kernel! ;-0

- --keith

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In article <77c5cbfa.0307291124.47706e55@posting.google.com >, marsques wrote:
> ok let me put it this way if you say redhat to someone who knows about
> computers they'll say Linux...

No they won't. If you say RedHat to someone who knows *little* about
computers they'll say linux. Even RedHat users with only a fair amount
of computer experience know that RedHat is not the only linux. (They
may not know Slackware, but that's okay.)

> and Redhats more Linux (even if the kernel is not the Real McCoy) than windows!

Um, so? I'm not sure any of us are clear on your point. Can you please
make it clearer, or stop posting these empty statements?

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