linuxgeek: Slack [WAS: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How to learn Linux]

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Slack [WAS: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] How to learn Linux]

On 02/25/2016 05:58 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On 02/25/2016 02:13 PM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 01:59:27PM -0500, HalX halinux@frontier.com
>> [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>> >
>> > I'll go out on a limb to recommend, at your point in time, fetching
>> the
>> > Slackware 14.1 iso file or purchase a DVD; installing it on a HD..
>> >
>> > The distribution DVD is loaded with help and once running much much
>> more..
>> >
>> > I've been running Slackware for 20 years now and learn something new
>> every
>> > day.. It's one of the few distributions that's really "Linux."
>> >
>>
>> Are you familiar with Gentoo? It's another very handson distribution.
>>
>> Slackware is another great system too. Arch isn't bad for learning
>> either,
>> though my personal opinion, (and it's no more than that) is that from the
>> 3, I felt I learned the most from Gentoo.
>>
>> --
>> Scott Robbins
>> PGP keyID EB3467D6
>> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 )
>> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
>>
>>
>
> I've got a newer computer with Windows 8.1 in the living room that my
> wife bought for me in 2012 so that I could play Final Fantasy XI with
> her. It has virtualbox installed on it. I thought I'd try Slackware
> on that. I downloaded an ISO of Slack 14.1. I got the install-dvd iso.
> When I tried to boot it, it said that I needed an image for my kernel.
> I ran memtest and that told me that my kernel is an AMD A6-5200 APU
> with Radeon HD graphics. Where do I find an image with a kernel that
> would fit that particular processor? I knew Slack was old, and in my
> experience, old is usually better than new, but I expected the DVD image
> to contain everything I needed to at least boot it.

Sorry about that subject line thing. I saw a squirrel....