Star Update on Red Hat's Limbo Progress
Linked by Adam S on Tue 6th Aug 2002 03:52 UTC
Red Hat Just a few weeks after the beta release of the next version of their Linux based OS, Red Hat has released 7.3.93 of their software, once again, code-named Limbo. Those of you who read my first Limbo review know that I gave it a favorable review. After downloading and installing the second beta, I had to take a few days before writing this article.
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Re: A True Windows Killer
by Darius on Tue 6th Aug 2002 06:30 UTC

The only thing worse than a Linux pundet using 'Linux' and 'Windows killer' in the same sentence, is using SLACKWARE and 'Windows killer' in the same sentence.
If there were indeed a Windows killer amoungst all of these distros, Slackware is DEFINITELY not it.
I'm sorry, but anything with a text-based installer is disqualified simply based on principle.
Unless (and until) you're used to it, Slackware represents the exact opposite of user-friendly. Though it's power is not altogether obvious, it is certainly elegant once properly understood and is a true representation of 'The Linux Way' of doing things, which is the exact opposite of 'The Windows Way', which is the exact opposite that The AOL 'Gimme' Generation expects things to be done, hence it a 'Windows Killer' it is not.
With the 8.1 release of Slackware, I couldn't even get it to recognize my f**king soundcard (something Redhat 7.2 did automagiclly), nor could I get X out of 640x480 without visiting the dreaded XF86Config. Maybe there was some command-line util that would've solved my problem (I tried several), but this is NOT the way you do things if you want to be king of the desktop. Not only that, but the last time I looked on their website (before 8.1 came out, but long after 8.0 was released), the Slacware documentation they had up was for Slackware 7! Add to that the fact that it's probably the most consistantly outdated distro next to Debian, and you have a beautiful distro for those who know its power, but also the very LAST distro I would recommend to a Windows user who's interested in Linux, unless they happen to have a Slackware guru nearby ;)