Re: Server optimized distro

From: Ohmster (notareal_at_emailaddress.com)
Date: 07/06/05 

Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 05:17:09 GMT

Mike <spamdump@fensoft.co.uk> wrote in
news:42cb1499$0$38040$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk:

> What is it about Slackware that makes it not "newbie friendly"? I've
> also heard it described as being "as friendly as a coiled rattlesnake"
> but I don't really understand where these ideas come from. My first
> experience with Linux was RedHat (Vn 5.2 I think) and I didn't get on
> with it at all. Of course, it was completely new to me. Then I
> discovered Slackware. I found it much more "open" although, if I'd
> have known how at the time, I might have been able to look further
> into the RedHat files. I've been working with computers for about 25
> years (I started back in the days of paper tape and punched cards) so
> maybe I don't notice something isn't as user friendly as it could be.
> I'd be interested to know what others find (un)friendly in an OS.
>

It has been a lonnnng, time, Mike, but from what I remember about
slackware is that you pretty much have to build *everything* from source,
the kernel, the packages, etc. Yes I did it with some help from another
linux zealot, but it sure did not just "go right in" in less than an hour
and most of it "just work" afterwards, you really had to build, and wait,
and configure. Not that this is bad or anything like that, it is probably
the most excellent way to really learn linux, but if one is a real
"n00b" and expects to drop in a CD or two and be up and surfing in a hour
or so, slackware is probably not going to be the best choice for this.
Installing packages and updating them, same deal, build from scratch.

I don't want to sound negative about this process, it is really the way
to go to get the most out of linux, but n00b friendly? Nah. :)
Good stuff, though.

>>
> I suppose it depends what you want to do. For the OP, setting up an
> Apache server with Slackware (or any other distro probably) should
> present any problems.
>

Granted. Thanks for your input, Mike. 

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