On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 10:59, Martin Jungowski wrote: > Hi, > > I have to admit that I don't know squat about Slackware. I have never > used it, apparantly it's pretty good though. A friend of mine says it's > "the only Linux he'll ever use" but I wouldn't count too much into that > - he also said that "Windows is going to be the only OS I'll ever use" > about two months ago. > > What package management format is Slackware based upon? Also RPM or > something else? Because if it's RPM then Slackware is going to face the > very same problems every single RPM-based distribution out there is > facing.
tgz IIRC, it's boot scripts are very BSDish, i.e., One Big Script, instead of SysV-type run levels, which is what most everyone else uses. [big snippage] -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment, bestow upon me thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear thought impossible" Calvin, regarding TV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
