Debian or slackware?

[Alex Snow]

you can try
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso
On 
Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 10:15:18AM -0600, Glenn Ervin at home wrote:
> Alex,
> is there another site to download slackware?
> The link you provided seems to either be a bad link, or the site is down at
> the time.
> Glenn.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> To: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598 at triad.rr.com>; "Speakup is a
> screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 8:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Debian or slackware?
> 
> 
> Hi.
> I would go with slackware. it was my first distro and I still use it.
> I found it's install easier since the latest version comes with
> speakup stock and this is not the case with debian.
> one more advantage is slackware comes on only 2 cd's (actually 4 but
> that last two are source code). so all you need is on those first 2
> disks. if you don't want gnome or kde you only need the first cd but
> the second one is also a really cool rescue disk so it's worth
> downloading.
> you can get the iso images from
> ftp://ftp.eunet.be/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-9.1-iso
> On
> Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:53:30AM -0500, Jes and guide dog Harley wrote:
> > Folks, I have a few questions about my first installation of Linux. I'm
> wondering since I am a total newby, if I should go with
> > debian woodie/potato first, or try slackware 9.1 for a trial run? I don't
> need a lot of packages right now, I want a lot but don't
> > need a lot for an introduction to Linux, and I figure that if I'm going to
> get really introduced to it the less packages, the
> > better. This way, I can be more focused on the structure of the operating
> system itself, rather than on what packages do what and
> > which ones I have installed, etc. My final question is, I know that to
> install Debian's packages you must have an iso image of the
> > cd unless you want to do a network install (which I'm not planning on.)
> but what about slackware? If I have to have an iso image,
> > where do I get the cd images?
> > Thanks a lot for any help.
> > Jes
> >
> >
> >
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