Oh boy...

Algerion · Post by **Algerion** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:51 pm

Well, last night lsass.exe decided to go corrupt on me and shut down my laptop, so now win xp won't even boot. Red Hat 9 didn't see the whole drive, but Slax did, so I think I'm going to reformat and use slackware now, so I might be gone for a bit, hopefully everything will go smoothly though.

Marrow · Post by **Marrow** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:57 pm

Slackware is a good choice.

My first operating system was Windows, then I moved over to Redhat, then to Slackware, then to a BSD environment so that I could program in AT&T assembly notation. I don't like linux assembly. Looks funny.

During that progression, my experiences with Slackware were enjoyable. Btw, it was Slackware 9.0. If I were to choose another OS (other than Windows), it would be Slackware. Some say Mandrake, Gentoo or the others. I guess everybody has their preference.

Anyway, good luck Algerion.

Post by **Tank Program** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:11 pm

I've heard good things about slackware too. I have it all burned, just haven't gotten around to installing it anywhere yet...

n54 · Post by **n54** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:37 pm

there are several insteresting slackware based "sub-distros" as well

Prey4Me · Post by **Prey4Me** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:52 pm

my brother is trying to use Gentoo but its pretty complicated and you really need to know what you are doing, basically its too much of a pain to play with unless you have the time and patience

Post by **Tank Program** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:53 pm

Gentoo != Slackware. Slackware is much more advanced and easier from what I've heard.

Prey4Me · Post by **Prey4Me** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:56 pm

oh i wasn't saying it was the same thing, it was just one of the linux programs that marrow brought up earlier