[ILUG] Slackware question

[John P. Looney]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 11:00:00AM +0100, RYAN, SHANE(DUBLIN) mentioned:
> Just wondering, why is it that Slackware 7.1
> does not support Gnome 1.4 or KDE 2.x?
> 
> Is this something to do with the version of
> xfree86 is uses? (3.3.6)  or is it something
> entirely different?
> 
> any info is appreciated, please cc all mails
> to me as I'm not subscribed with this email
> addy.

 There are a few reasons. My favourites are;
    a) it's crap
    b) it's for people living in the past
    c) you can't fit it all on floppies

 Actually, does slackware still have a floppy based version ?

Kate

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