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From: David Begley
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 00:00

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On 14 Jun 1996, Matt wrote:

> Anyone offer some suggestions here. I'm getting annoyed with this supposedly
> superior linux distribution quite quickly.

I was running Slackware 3.0.0 at home, and had been given a RedHat 3.0.3 
(Picasso) CD to try, so I installed it on my machine at work.  Knowing 
that I have an "iffy" network card (Intel EtherExpress), I decided to try 
it anyway, compiled a kernel (1.2.13) with network support then tried a 
few tests.  The system crashed regularly.

I installed Slackware 3.0.0 on the machine, compiled another kernel 
(1.2.13, again with Intel EtherExpress support), and voila - most 
problems have disappeared.  It still crashes, but nowhere near as often, 
so I must admit that overall I'm still *much* happier with Slackware than 
RedHat.

Each to their own.  :-)

I certainly hope Slackware continues to be updated with the newer (2.0.0) 
kernel, libs, compiler, XFree86 and so forth...

Cheers..

dave

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