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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Thx to you all seems that i started a nice "topic" all people wants to say something which i like becouse then im getting updated im a total noob but im willing to learn but my last question is .. if a newbie like me should start with slackware would it be to hard to me or should i stay in ubuntu untill ive got all my cards even ..?
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    Quote Originally Posted by haxer View Post
    Thx to you all seems that i started a nice "topic" all people wants to say something which i like becouse then im getting updated im a total noob but im willing to learn but my last question is .. if a newbie like me should start with slackware would it be to hard to me or should i stay in ubuntu untill ive got all my cards even ..?
    I advise you explore various distros, see what your options are. But not excessively. In that I mean learn the CLI. The CLI is distro independent and this is the difference between newbie's and learning Linux. Is there such a thing as mastering Linux?

    Slackware/Arch/Fedora/SUSE all will teach you something. All have strenghts and weaknesses.
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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Whats the most user friendly of those? Looking at slackware i think its nice but is it at easy as ubuntu i already tried out suse 9.01 and that sucked really hard ... Slackware sounds intresting is there any good forums for it?
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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Have you tried Back:Track ? www.remote-exploit.org is where you can get it. It is based on slackware, but it primarily made for network security testing and the such

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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Zenwalk is very slick unfortunately I couldn't get my ATI card acceleration to work on it.

    Apart from the ATI issue I found Zenwalk simple to install and easy to install programs from the repositories.

    If you have Ubuntu installed then if you have a partition set aside you can install Zenwalk to it - skip the installing Lilo part and simply add a line to your /boot/grub/menu.lst something like;

    PHP Code:
    # This entry added by me as an example
    # installation on /dev/hdb4
    title        Zenwalk 2.01hdb4
    root        
    (hd1,3)
    kernel        /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb4 ro
    savedefault
    boot 

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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by haxer View Post
    Whats the most user friendly of those? Looking at slackware i think its nice but is it at easy as ubuntu i already tried out suse 9.01 and that sucked really hard ... Slackware sounds intresting is there any good forums for it?
    User friendly distro's: Zenwalk, PCLinxuOS, SUSE 10 is an improvement, Fedora core 5 (see fedora frog), and Puppy Linux.

    Did I mention Zenwalk? That is where I would start if you are interested in Slackware.
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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Hmm.. what about knoppix then? Is both zenwalk and Slackware grapical at begining as Ubuntu?
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    Quote Originally Posted by haxer View Post
    Hmm.. what about knoppix then? Is both zenwalk and Slackware grapical at begining as Ubuntu?
    Knoppix is based on Debian and is thus very similar to Ubuntu.

    By default Slackware boots to a CLI. You can easily configure Slackware to KDM (graphical log in).

    Zenwalk boots to a graphical log in.
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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    Hmm.. how to make Slackware graphical? And theres 2 disc actually 4 or 5 but do i only need 1 and 2 disc to make a complete installation? 1 is for "installation" and 2 "is for graphical" ? Looking at 10.2


    And knoppix is something you would rekomend? Or is it naughty?
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    Re: Slackware vs. Ubuntu?

    IMO

    I dont really like Knoppix. Knoppix is freaking great to show your friends the world of Linux and experience their great LiveCD but in a stable every-day system, I'dnt reccomend it. With Ubuntu you get the same advantages as in Knoppix (LiveCD, APT etc) and its better supported and the community is great,

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