Slackware Turns 10 341
Sir_Stinksalot writes "DistroWatch is reporting that Slackware is 10. 'Yes folks, it is exactly 10 years today since the release of Slackware Linux 1.0, complete with a brand new Linux kernel 0.99pl11 Alpha, XFree86 1.3 and even a PS/2 mouse support!' Let's all say happy birthday to Slackware."
The troll in me asks... (Score:0, Funny)
Slackware is the first Linix Distro I used, though I admit it was a bit further along.
-Rusty
Version (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sure Max from Pi would see something in that.
Re:First Release Annoucement (Score:5, Funny)
WHAT? SLACKWARE 10?!? (Score:5, Funny)
Okay for retro purposes (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, slack is fun to dink around with and it's nice for a sense of history and all that but today as a business about the only distro I can quote out is Linux 9.0. In todays market customers want support and they want to see a product comes in a box with decals and installation books. Fortuen 500 companies don't really care about the "cool" factor.
Warmest regards,
--Jack
bash# w (Score:5, Funny)
Good reusable announcement (Score:5, Funny)
There are two main disk series, A (13 disks) and X (11 disks).
In a not-so-distant future, Linux distros will also come on 13 disks. Only not on floppy disks. That's how much GNU/Linux has evolved since the early days
Re:First Release Annoucement (Score:5, Funny)
Wine, is that you? Oh man, remember that crazy summer of 1993?!
Go Slackware! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Okay for retro purposes (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Okay for retro purposes (Score:1, Funny)
O_o (Score:1, Funny)
Guess spellcheckers aren't all that cool either, eh Sparky?
My First Time... (Score:5, Funny)
Problem was I was copying *.* instead of * to the each floppy having come from a DOS background. That wasn't nearly as bad as blowing my $800 monitor the next day trying to setup X timings. Ahh, the good old days.
Re:Okay for retro purposes (Score:1, Funny)
Linux 9.0?
Fortuen(sic) 500 companies?
First time, indeed.
Re:Installed on a ZIP disk (Score:4, Funny)
No silly, you're supposed to put the clock speed there, not the frequency of your AC supply ...
Re:Okay for retro purposes (Score:1, Funny)
Now it's a jolly good distro! (Score:2, Funny)
Now it's a jolly good distro!
Now it's a jolly good distro!
Now it's a jolly good diiistrooo!
And so say all of us.
And so say all of us.
And so say all of uuuuuss.
Maybe they need to change the name.... (Score:2, Funny)
Anyway, after having compiled a report on the commercial viability of open source as an alternative to closed source in the e-commerce/b2b world, I've become quite interested in Linux myself, and thanks to a handy Corel Linux distribution, consider myself to be someway to becoming a "guru" as people here like to call themselves.
Anyway, my point is that Slackware, as a distribution, doesn't give out the professional image that Linux is trying to gain at the moment. On one hand, you've got respectable players like Red Hat, Corel and SCO pushing Linux's corporate image to new levels of respectibility, but on the other hand you've got a distribution named "Slackware", hardly the name your tech-savvy CTO wants to represent a core part of their enterprise solution.
The whole name seems to give the distribution a half-finished, "slack" even, image, surely not one that's in anybody's best interest, whether they be the average long-haired Linux sysadmin or a suited CTO looking for the next big thing. And this image taints all of Linux.
No, whilst Slackware may produce a decent distribution, they definitely need to think about a name change to ensure continued acceptance in the increasingly corporate-driven Linux market.
Thanks for the memories (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ironically.... (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately, this is turning more and more into a high-school reunion. My first was Sally Henderson.
So was mine!
Me too!
Over here!
I'm going to shower now. I feel sick.
Re:bash# w (Score:4, Funny)
We're going to need a bigger boat.
Re:I remember ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anyone tried it out? (Score:5, Funny)
Your math isn't that great either.
And in other news... (Score:2, Funny)
The Nintendo Entertainment System turned 20 this week.
Anyone up for a port?
Re:A stack of 5.25 floppies (Score:3, Funny)
So... You're the reason for the lawsuit... damn you!!!
Slackware turns 10? (Score:2, Funny)