[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by Thrillhouse

To their credit, they don't seem to have done it to anger their visitors like the last one (what was it? OSnews?). They do seem to think of it as a serious review, though.

Well, I guess as bland as the rant is, it's a lot easier to confuse it for something serious. Thus I continue to ride the line between a "real" review site and an "assinine ranter" (as one of my non-fans put it).

Actually, now that I look at it, this srlinuxx fellow was the same one who proposed I have a boxing match with Patrick Volkerding. He/she seems to assign much more value to my opinion than it deserves.

[daacosta]

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Rant for Debian Etch is up. Not my most interesting work, but I hope it's informative.

It is informative...

What happened with you Moe?

if you are offended by references to sexually transmitted diseases and/or overuse of the word "moron" you should probably just leave now.

I haven't seen those in a long time in your reviews... Should I ask for a review of a distro?

Very well... Here it is: Lunar

Respectfully

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by daacosta

I haven't seen those in a long time in your reviews... Should I ask for a review of a distro?

Very well... Here it is: Lunar

Respectfully

Hmm.. Well, some of my more entertaining rants have been from suggestions, so I'll see what I can do.

[carlosponti]

I know one that when it arrives you will rant on just like you used to Slackware 11.1 supposedly is going to have 2.6 as the default kernel. It wouldn't surprise me though if patrick has read your rant. Its a small world on the internet.

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by carlosponti

I know one that when it arrives you will rant on just like you used to Slackware 11.1 supposedly is going to have 2.6 as the default kernel. It wouldn't surprise me though if patrick has read your rant. Its a small world on the internet.

Here's hoping that if he has, he takes it with a grain of salt. Many (though not all, of course) of his fans seem to have issues with that idea.

[antidrugue]

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Here's hoping that if he has, he takes it with a grain of salt. Many (though not all, of course) of his fans seem to have issues with that idea.

I'm sure Patrick is a very reseanable individual.

I am sure he listen to critics too. Then again, the very strength of Slackware lies in its uncompromising nature.

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by antidrugue

I am sure he listen to critics too. Then again, the very strength of Slackware lies in its uncompromising nature.

Yeah, strength. That's the word I was thinking of. Haha.

[carlosponti]

i am trying the net install of debian on a virtual machine i hope to try a floppy net install soon on an old lappy i have sitting around.

[antidrugue]

Originally Posted by techieMoe

Yeah, strength. That's the word I was thinking of. Haha.

Wow, I just try a fresh Debian Etch install yesterday.

It seems Iceweasel doesn't come by default with a dictionary (as Firefox 2.x does). I was amazed at how good my orthography had suddenly become (your comment made me realize I wrote strengh).

Anyway, I hadn't try a Debian installation in a while. Very impressed with the states of things regarding the Debian project. Etch is a very strong release.

Originally Posted by techieMoe

With an internet connection I was able to add Eclipse and a proper Java VM, which was nice. I can't say if either of these are available on the 2 DVDs however.

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk eclipse

is all you need.

Again, great review Moe. Hum, rant I mean.

[antidrugue]

About Slackware, I believe the 11.1 release will be a big breakthrough.

Finally, GCC 4.x and Linux kernel 2.6. That's really something.