[CS-FSLUG] Slax-LiveBoot CD

[Christopher Rose]

Ralph,

Distro's like "Slax" and "Damn Small Linux" might be useful in helping congregations and denominations to see the light. I am presently setting up a sample webpage for the church I attend. It's URL is http://kf6snj.tripod.com/OSLC/church.html (I am piggybacking it on my personal webpage rather than go through the hassle of creating a new account, especially since I know that the church council could choose to reject it). I am using a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) html editor. However, I have at the bottom of the page the words: "Built on Linux". That is my own way of helping to spread the word of Linux. I presently run a Red Hat 9.0 machine. I am unlikely to upgrade to Fedora Core. If I do goto something more recent, I am likely to consider either a debian or slackware base (Suse looks interesting, but I have heard some installation horror stories that make me cringe).

In Christ,

Christopher


----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph De Witt <ralphdewitt at charter.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:30:01 -0700
To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group." <Christiansource at ofb.biz>
Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Slax-LiveBoot CD

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> On Saturday 14 August 2004 01:18 pm, Christopher Rose wrote:
> > I am testing the Slax LiveBoot CD at the moment. Interesting. Full cookie
> > support, automatic hardware configuration. KDE desktop, Konqueror Web
> > Browser. Works nicely so far.
> >
> > Pretty cool.
> >
> > In Christ,
> >
> > Christopher
> >
> > P.S. Does not seem to have scroll mouse support however.
> Christopher:
> I too have distroyed my uptime to play with Slax. I almost feel out of chair 
> when KDE booted and I got the intro sound. It impressed me. I have a Logitech 
> 4000 pro USB web cam and most Linux distrobutions I have used have sound 
> broken because of the USB system starting up first and the Web Cam 
> michrophone takeing over sound slot0. But not Slax, it was very impressive to 
> me. But am not too sure that all the applications I need such as Gramps 
> (geneology program), kmymoney2, gaim, kopete, and kaffiene (with wma codecs), 
> bibletime etc are available in a easy to install from repsitory.
> I favor a install once and constantly update type of distro. 
> Slack and its dirivates are on my radar scope, as well as kanotix (debian 
> based and most applications available, but out of date, updating could 
> break), Ark (installer needs major work, and multimedia broken (DMCA, and 
> developers will not help get it working), OnebaseGo nice (but sound broken on 
> install and work around I do does not work and developers show no interest in 
> bugzilla report or fixing, limited apps also).
> I may have a worng attitude but, I want multimedia to work in my Linux Boxes. 
> Until my denomination see the lite, I need wma files to be run able. Besides 
> I have paid more than my fair share in taxes to Redmond.
> - -- 
> 	Yours,
> 	Ralph.
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