Google Chrome OS

[Lonni J Friedman]

Any distro that is still using tarballs as its default packaging
mechanism is a dinosaur.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Ben Duncan<bend at linux4ms.net> wrote:
> Actually, It is VERY 2009'ish (Slackware 12.2).
>
> You get to use the KDE 3.5.10 as the default, but can install
> KDE 4.2. There is GNOME on the "EXTRAS" as well as slapt-get
> there too. Everything just WORKS.
>
> The NICE thing is it has the only WIRELESS util that has worked with
> any wireless I have thrown on it - called WI-CD (on the extras). LOOKS
> like a good copy of the BroadCom Winbowz util.
>
> The default kernel is the 2.6 series and UDEV is on by default as well.
> Patrick even cleaned up the /etc/udev rules mess.
>
> What can I more can I say ?
>
>
> Collins Richey wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Lonni J Friedman<netllama at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 1997 called, they want their distro back.
>>>
>>
>> I remember the old phrase. Be not the first to take up the new nor the
>> last to lay the old aside. Patrick kept 2.4 kernels until the mold was
>> showing, and last time I checked (maybe still?) he was offering Apache
>> 1!
>>
>>
>
>
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