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Article #56054Re: Cyrix 6x86 166+ & Linux Configuration & Installation
From: Jason Stokes
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 00:00
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On 5 Apr 1997 08:33:08 GMT, Jason Stokes <j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au> wrote: >On 5 Apr 1997 03:11:43 GMT, David Gibson <david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au> wrote: > >>That said, I must agree that j.stokes was unsubstantiated in his >>claim. I happen to like redhat, but to make a broad claim like his >>is simply foolish. > >Well, last time I looked, slackware had *no* real upgradability (and that >situation persists if the previous tirade against RPM format are any guide) The Linux Distribution HOWTO is a good place to look for info on this. I think an earlier version was the source of the meme that slackware was being edged out by Debian and RedHat. Depending on how much slackware as improved, that may not be true any more, of course. -- Jason Stokes: j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au Ph: +61 (06) 291 93 84 "Strip, and find the place to kneel I wait to meet my love made real." - Suzanne Vega -- Nine Objects of Desire.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,fe5e8d4e184e0121 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au (Jason Stokes) Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 166+ & Linux Configuration & Installation Date: 1997/04/05 Message-ID: <5i54qm$b3c$2@clarion.carno.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 230877341 References: <01bb1eca$c99828c0$237116cb@cyrix> <j.stokes-0404971844180001@g21mac4.anu.edu.au> <vi621aak.fsf@reddwarf.aup.com.au> <5i4ftf$48i$1@clarion.carno.net.au> <5i52o4$9mo$5@clarion.carno.net.au> Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux