Money >
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Propaganda [ 1 ] It’s Wikipedia, so it’s stupid.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on PCLinuxOS
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=PCLinuxOS
http://www.pclinuxos.com/
What was, and probably still is, an extremely beautiful and easy to use distribution. Where Slackware had long-held the title “it just works”, PCLinuxOS does that for users who are completely new to Linux.
From its earliest days its hardware detection was renown, its suite of software astounding, and its remastering capability extraordinary.
It was my daily driver for a long time.
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Was nicknamed “pclos” for years.
Programming, Ruby >
A simple cross-platform installation thingy.
It was an ordeal to get a Ruby script to work on someone else’s computer, so I had the notion to make something myself.
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Abandoned – no real effort was actually made, and it turned out there was no use for it at work after all.
The local X configuration file for the user.
I don’t use this any more.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
Linux is an umbrella concept/base from which free operating systems are produced.
These initially intrigued me because of fundamental philosophies of freedom. Free as in freedom (Libre) and free as in beer (Gratis). Now it’s also about ease of use.
Note that you can remaster a distribution into your own customized one, with its own software, etc.
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For reasons which ought to be obvious, this Windows 3.11 update project is dead.
- (date not recorded) After this, I used Windows 9x
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(date not recorded) Before this, I used Windows 3.1 and DOS
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Slackware
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Slackware
http://www.slackware.com/
The oldest extant distribution, Slackware focuses on a sort of straightforwardness. It’s not “light” or “easy”, it is what it is. It’s not cripplingly-difficult like Gentoo or Arch Linux. Using it is a little taxing on the mind, but doesn’t actually require a whole lot of deep understanding. It’s install was straightforward.
Using it, I feel “closer” to my computer.
| Distribution | Last tested | LiveUSB | Package Management | Rolling Release | systemd? | Ease |
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| Slackware | 2016-03-25 – 14.1 | text installer | partial + third-party | security | No (1, 2, 3) | “other” |
