Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Linux is awesome

On Monday, December 06, 2010 08:45:14 am you wrote:
> Further to the suggestion of learning a CLI only distro, I believe
> Slackware is still a CLI only system. You *can* run a GUI but that
> requires a specific command. Of course, my knowledge of Slack is
> from version 10, and the current version is 13.

No, that's not the case. I'm running slackware -current using a
full KDE desktop. Doesn't require a specific command unless perhaps
you're referring to startx. Slackware has two "trees". The most recent
stable version which has been out for sometime is 13.1.

> If any user really wants to have a true CLI only experience, I'd
> suggest taking a look at the list on www.linux.org, where you can
> perform a search for various distributions. There's an option to
> search based on language, category and platform.
>
> Searching for minimalist versions in English that are Intel
> compatible gave me a whopping 61 distros. Septymus Spyder
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>

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Regards,
Don

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