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First Impressions of Slackware 10

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the updated-classics dept.

Eugenia writes "Michael Hall wrote an informative article about the first impressions of the recently released Slackware 10, mostly discussing the domain Slack excels: the server. Michael concludes that 'Slackware 10 is a well-rounded distribution that will continue to make a first-class Linux server platform. Changes in the new release are incremental, not radical, and Slackware remains one of the most stable, reliable and flexible distributions available today.' The article also sports 14 screenshots."

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  1. Isn't this post about a year too late? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  2. amule? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL, never thought Eugenia would be a warez kiddie!

    Contributing editor Mike Bouma.

  3. C help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Very OT, but I am hoping this will yield the quickest help so something that I'm sure isn't too hard for someone with actual knowledge of C language. For some reason this core dumps... #include #include int i; main() { for( i == 1; i 255; i++) printf("1.2.3.%s\n", i); } It should be apparent that what I'm trying to do...

    1. Re:C help by Hank+Reardon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Try man printf.

      You're casting the integer as a pointer to char in the printf; %s is for strings. Use the correct formatting specifier and everything should work.

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  4. FREE IPOD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get your IPOD

    I'd recommend doing the ancestry.com one, you can cancel it right after you sign up. Use your junk e-mail address of course :)

  5. Anthony Michael Hall wrote an article too.... by pauly_thumbs · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's entitled;

    I am going to Kick Your ASS Gates!!!

  6. Re:Yay! by TeraCo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Call Doctor Science, and have him turn this crotch punching robot into an omelette eating robot! Are you speaking to Doctor Science.. right now?

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  7. Another reason to switch to Mac OS X. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just check out the screeen shots. ROTFLMAO! Why do people put up with this second rate software when the worlds most advanced, most usable software is here and runs all your favorite apps!

    1. Re:Another reason to switch to Mac OS X. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Will you buy me a Mac? No? Oh well.