Subj : Re: Windows to Linux
To : Alexander Grotewohl
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon May 06 2024 07:11 pm
-=> Alexander Grotewohl wrote to Dan Clough <=-
AG> On 06 May 2024, Dan Clough said the following...
DC> DC> Just for clarification... Slackware is not a rolling release. Many
AG> ^^^^^^^^^
DC> Yes, that's what Slackware-current is. I didn't say anything about
DC> Slackware-current, did I?
AG> if you want to go that route, go ask for support for the "most
AG> recent Slackware version" and see what the first follow up
AG> question they ask is :) "Slackware" as you generalized it refers
AG> to current too.
Anyone asking a question like that would deserve to get flamed. Not in a
million years would I ask that question. It would be "for Slackware
15.0", or perhaps "Slackware-current". No real Slacker would ask such a
stupid thing.
DC> Also, it's not a "huge" portion of the community that uses it. It's a
DC> "small" portion, in fact. "Very small" might even be more accurate.
AG> go read the linuxquestions forums heh. there's even a 100 page
AG> sticky thread about installing slackbuilds in current because..
AG> it has a /lot/ of users!
I won't quibble over what "small" and "lot" mean. However many there are,
there are *FAR* more using a release version.
But what would I know? I've only been using it for 26 years. <SHRUG>
