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First Impressions of Slackware 10
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."
Same here (except desktop rather than notebook). It only took 13 floppies for the upgrade from 3.1, though. And, honestly, besides the MASSIVE number of bugs Win 95 had it was quite the step up. Just look at 98SE compared to 95, then network performance between 98SE & 2k/XP -- can we say "finally" a year after XP came out???
It's still relatively low security but now it's approaching (or will soon, SP2??) comparable speed both CPU and Network based, stability, and superior 3D support. Point is I'm a friggin' Windows technician. If I recommended Linux to customers after I fixed their problem you know how much I would increase your profits regarding the namebrand game????????
I would be willing to bet at least five times what it normally is.
Like most techs my age, though (21) I care most about video.
Anyway, point is, during the time I was on dial-up using 95 & 98SE I always booted into Slackware if I really wanted fast Internet access with Linux network architecture combined with Lynx's minimalist's approach.
*Sigh*
I have a dual boot with Slackware 9.1 that requires a russian Win 98SE CDROM boot disk to run (do I look like I'm kidding??) who's major downfall regarding my use is the 9800XT's minor driver (existance??) that doesn't support 3D. I mean c'mon, 9800XT (530$+ when I bought it maybe ~5 months ago) and it doesn't support 3-friggin-D in linux.
Anyway, that's the #1 thing that stops me from using Linux. I'm a hobbyist programmer that excels in graphics hardware acceleration. If I spend so much money on the hardware and the software doesn't support it, why even bother??
I guess if my job required I know Linux I would adopt it, but until then I'm in Windows chilling just biding my time.
Keep that in mind. If someone really pursues reverse engineering ATI drivers from Windows and implementing them in Linux you will see me laugh like a moron and happily convert because the software (read: graphics design & games) sucks anyway. Popular software support for expensive hardware who's purpose is to play the latest games = a market. Point is that pretty much 99% of gameplay sucks right now anyway, so the only motiviation is the near full use of my oft-used hardware. I could MAKE 3D stuff for Linux. BOOM -- there's a chance my skills will lead to my fame not to mention the results of my skills producing a market.
I only say all of this because I WANT the GPL/Open Source to succeed.