[olug] Slackware 8.1

[Jonathan Warren]

I am tempted to find an older mac just to try it out.  I guess Apple is now the largest supplyer of a desktop unix.  Just seems strange to say that.

On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 03:24:22PM -0500, Fruhwirth, John wrote:
> Yes, it seems like we're installing OS X on more and more machines, and it
> makes sense since Macintosh is discontinuing development on the OS 9
> platform.  All new machines ship with X, of course.  Anyway, X has had a
> generally smooth release.  A few incompatibilities here and there, but
> support is getting stronger everyday and bugs become fewer.  Mac is really
> good about releasing updates.  I think the current version is 10.1.5.
> Overall, it is wildly popular because of its ease of use and guys like us
> like it because of the unix factor, of course.  2 Thumbs up
> 
> John (Russ) Fruhwirth
> UNL Athletic Dept./Computing Services
> 402-472-2368
> 101 East Stadium
> Lincoln, NE  68588
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Day [mailto:sanguinnus at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:45 PM
> To: olug at olug.org
> Subject: Re: [olug] Slackware 8.1
> 
> Hi, haven't really posted before, but I've been
> lurking the list. I just wanted to agree with the
> praise for Slackware. Red Hat was the first install I
> did and It is a good one to get you over the initial
> "ok I installed it now what" syndrome. But Installing
> Slackware 7 and getting everyting up and going really
> showed me how to sit down and start to figure things
> out on my own. (Athough it also showed me how nice it
> is to have a group of experience users to give you
> Help as well.)
> 
> Just out of Curiosity, I know it isn't Linux, but is
> anyone out there using OS X? I just got a G4 tower and
> I really like OS X, although it is a little harder to
> find documentation on it than Linux ;)
> 
> Have a good weekend all!
> 
> Colin 
> 
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