Funny... you'd think Intel would learn from Microsoft's example instead of repeating the same mistakes...
Here's a neat quote that explains this quite well (IMO):
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -- Douglas Adams"
"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok."
It's very easy to install - the installer is to a lot of people the easiest to use (myself included).
I think most of the people who use or want to use Slackware is for the challenge - for the most part you generally have to edit config files yourself to administer it, or upgrade stuff. Compiling new packages yourself is done more often than using the package management system - it isn't anything like apt-get or rpm (though rpm is available and I've noticed quite a fewpackagemanagementtools around).
For me, it's what I've used since around 96/97 (and the red Infomagic distribution), and I'm comfortable with it:)
Totally agree with the comment about Microsoft coders actually knowing how to write stuff outside of the Windows environment.
I got to try Outlook Express for Solaris recently. It did work. But the default window size was too small. Tried resizing it, nada. Can't move it around either.
Yeah, that's functional.
LordP
"Nothing is so smiple that it can't be screwed up."
As a web developer I have to say I prefer Netscape over IE because it doesn't fix all the little mistakes you might make, namely missing end tags ( for example).
I do have one major problem with it though, and that is the one pixel border that Netscape puts in tables. Tends to make certain designs look rather ugly, whereas they look just right in IE.
Slashdot Mirror
... or a two-way mirror with a camera behind it, recording everything you do?
Judge: Members of the jury, do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty? ... [buffering]
Jury: Your honour, we find the defendant
Or...
"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok."
It's very easy to install - the installer is to a lot of people the easiest to use (myself included).
:)
I think most of the people who use or want to use Slackware is for the challenge - for the most part you generally have to edit config files yourself to administer it, or upgrade stuff. Compiling new packages yourself is done more often than using the package management system - it isn't anything like apt-get or rpm (though rpm is available and I've noticed quite a few package management tools around).
For me, it's what I've used since around 96/97 (and the red Infomagic distribution), and I'm comfortable with it
Totally agree with the comment about Microsoft coders actually knowing how to write stuff outside of the Windows environment.
I got to try Outlook Express for Solaris recently. It did work. But the default window size was too small. Tried resizing it, nada. Can't move it around either.
Yeah, that's functional.
LordP
"Nothing is so smiple that it can't be screwed up."
Just a quick note to point out that those lenses (dark outside, clear inside etc) are called Polaroid lenses. :-)
Border is probably the wrong word for it. There is a one pixel gap between the left and top borders and the content which only appears with Netscape.
http://www.estudarnz.org.nz shows this.
LP
As a web developer I have to say I prefer Netscape over IE because it doesn't fix all the little mistakes you might make, namely missing end tags ( for example).
...
I do have one major problem with it though, and that is the one pixel border that Netscape puts in tables. Tends to make certain designs look rather ugly, whereas they look just right in IE.
If this little "problem" could be fixed