Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On 12/6/24 9:30 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-12-06, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
 

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 01:13:40 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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    Fedora still seems ok - as far as Fedora is OK. The
    Manjaro/Endeavour/Arch end is still OK. Never a fan of Slack, but,
    who knows ...... gotta keep evading suckitude.

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Slack was my first distro. Download in pieces and copy to about 40
floppies.

 When I decided to try Linux I went to the local bookstore and browsed
the Linux books, comparing all the ones that came with an install CD.
I liked Patrick Volkerding's book best, so I wound up starting out
with Slackware 3.5.  I continued with it for several years (and
upgrades), but the lack of a package manager required lots of
application builds from source, which grew tiresome.

   Slack IS very "raw". There's some good, but a lot
   of bad, in that. You kinda have to be an OS fanatic ...
   But I'm not 16 anymore.

I tried several other distros, e.g. Mint and CrunchBang.
Ubuntu was very easy to bring up, but when they switched
to the Unity desktop in release 10, I decided it was time
to move on.  I finally settled on Debian.

   Well, you COULD get past Unity ...
   My biggest objections were the 'services' they kept
   pushing hard - indeed could barely install it anymore
   without signing up (shades of M$ !). They also changed
   and/or moved around a LOT of config stuff for NO real
   gain IMHO.
   Deb - WAS the Solid Foundation - but suddenly became
   just another 'Buntu.
   So now it's Fedora and Arch derivs.
   I've heard GenToo is kinda interesting ... and
   there are always the BSDs.