21 replies to this topic

[hacnslash]

oh man, i am preparing to reinstall everything from scratch on my pc and i am in a bit of a dillemma here.
i love slackware, as some of you know, but quite frankly i am very attracted to not having to set shit up. With this new fedora project and slack 9.1 just around the corner, I am very torn between my choices. I have also wanted to try bsd for a long time but never had the guts.....anyway, please help out since i am ripping my hair out thinking about this, its just such a hard choice, also if you choose other, please specifiy in a post.

[v90]

FreeBSD 5.1, just try it, it comes with like nothing, but installing stuff is SO easy and quick, cd /usr/ports/$blah/$package; make install && make clean try FreeBSD, I personally run *BSD and Slackware, so I do recommend it...

[feend]

I can't believe I just checked that . I'm also a slack head but I'm going to be using fedora by tonight. I am very interested in the prospects of developing for it. If this sounds interesting to you hac ya might as well give fedora a go. Slack 9.1 will have all the apps that you would want for a workstation (and playstation ) but the development process is up to a few people and pretty stagnant (in comparison to other distributions). The Fedora project just sounds like it's going to be very cool (#fedora and #fedora-devl on freenode).

[bland_inquisitor]

you can prolly guess what i voted for

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[Zapperlink]

hmmm Redhat 9 with all new network drivers.. a crypt() overhaul and definately a kernel mod Move it to a fluxbox enviornment and then if your really bored... modify your grub and tweak your gdm much lub!


RH

[feend]

Heh on second thought you better wait on fedora . It's meant for testing and will not be ready until late november.

[hacnslash]

i know that if i choose linux i WILL upgrade my kernel to 2.6 and use fluxbox (kde is bloatville), so keep em coming.

also, ppl who voted other, please specify what...

[hacnslash]

OMFG SLACKWARE 9.1 OUT!!!!!!! w000t

i guess until fedora comes out i might try it....don't have anything to loose...lol

man, i think i will stick to slackware, its just that i am so familiar with them and their policies and style, its just too hard to switch and i just don't mind setting up everything by hand...

i AM going to be trying fedora when it comes out though, it sound cool.

[White_Raven]

I always use slackware when I can myself.

[ntheory]

Debian is the only way to fly.

[feend]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

[hacnslash]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

yeah, i decided to stick to slackware and also use fedora when it becomes stable.

[v90]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

yeah, i decided to stick to slackware and also use fedora when it becomes stable.

[KuroiShi]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

Straight up man, I hate distrowars....

(But don't forget bash )

[hacnslash]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

yeah, i decided to stick to slackware and also use fedora when it becomes stable.

why the sad faces vlad??

[phax]

U guess it, 4.8 -STABLE BSD

Just love the BSD way of doing things hook on DAEMON

[v90]

If it's got the Linux kernel, vim/emacs, and the gcc toolchain use it .

yeah, i decided to stick to slackware and also use fedora when it becomes stable.

why the sad faces vlad??

Well you got 3 for *BSD, and 2 for fedora...





and I'm really really biased

[zharmad]

You can have my BeOS when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

[BoBB]

Am I the lone gentoo user or what?!?!?!

Come on I know im not the only gentoo fan here!