Dropline is simply GNOME packaged up into Slackpacks. In other words, it''s really just a program to download GNOME and various GNOME components.

You''re counseling a linux newbie to use SLACKWARE? wtf, mate?

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Original post by C-Junkie
You''re counseling a linux newbie to use SLACKWARE? wtf, mate?

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I was a newbie when I started with it.

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Original post by C-Junkie
You''re counseling a linux newbie to use SLACKWARE? wtf, mate?

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You''re acting as if slackware is hard to learn

slackware is the first and only distro i''ve used too : )

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Original post by C-Junkie
You're counseling a linux newbie to use SLACKWARE? wtf, mate?

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I think gentoo is the best way to start off.... better to get down into its bowels and understand what's going on right away, than to remain in perpetual confusion.

[edited by - atcdevil on May 4, 2004 8:41:23 PM]

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What''s the problem with nic and cdrom? I''ve installed zipslack on my dad''s machine to test some things and got everything up and running just as if it where the standard slackware distro. No problems with nic and cdrom. (and I honestly can''t see a reason why those devices shouldn''t work on zipslack).

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They work fine. I was trying to imply that if you have a nic (internet) or cdrom drive, just install regular slackware instead of fooling around with zipslack.

zipslack is good if you are stuck (like I was at the time) with no other way to install other than a stack of floppies (ouch!) or zip disks.

i downloaded the Suse LiveCD 9.1 iso and burned it to a cd. I booted off the cd and it only gave me the option of booting linux of the cd - i just figured out from the website that i dont want the live cd

I cant seem to find the .iso for hte proper installer - only for the live eval. Can someone enlighten me?

If i do install linux to my disk, does the linux partition have to be the primary(first) partition?


[edited by - imr1984 on May 6, 2004 12:17:11 PM]

I don't know about getting the isos, but, 2 things

1) A primary partition does not refer to the local of a partition on a disk - you can have up to 4 of them on a disk, but there's a special type of primary partition called an extended partition, which can hold something like 64 logical (secondary) partitions (don't quote me on it being 64, it's enough for anyone without a terabyte HD anyway )

2)Linux does not have to be installed on the 1st partition on your disk, nor does it have to be installed on a primary partition (unlike freebsd which needs to be installed on a primary partition and have swap space on a primary partition too)

If the 9.1 suse live cd is anything like the 8.something one I have it's pretty crap and shouldn't be anyone's first experience with linux

edit: I don't think you can download the .isos anymore, I remember reading you couldn't and I can't find them on the download mirrors.. this is why it's all about mandrake 10.0

[edited by - metal leper on May 6, 2004 1:43:21 PM]

ok thanks leper ill try out mandrake instead...