On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 21:16 +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
* Oliver Jones <oliver(a)deeper.co.nz> [2005-04-26 12:35]:
No nifty tools to upgrade versions or patch bugs. You could run the setup tools and install something still on the CD but that was about it.
curl ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/ChangeLog.txt man upgradepkg
Sure, now there are tools. I'm not so sure abouts 9 years ago though.
In short, you can very well do without any dependency management, without a large package repository, building stuff from source, and you can still have package management, and get all the vital benefits, though not all the convenience.
Sure. And distros like gentoo are entirely source based and have great tools to facilitate building & upgrading etc. I wasn't talking about today. I was talking about the past where these tools didn't exist or were not as well known. Also, I was a newbie back then and have much to learn about Linux. Installing and running Linux is a very different experience these days. Much more newbie friendly. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Roving Code Warrior oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 » www.deeperdesign.com