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Slackware was the first linux distribution I used, and it taught me everything I know about Linux; and, thanks to how low-level it is, I'd say it's taught me a

Slackware was the first linux distribution I used, and it taught me everything I know about Linux; and, thanks to how low-level it is, I'd say it's taught me a lot. I think it was the last linux system I enjoyed using, too, the last system I felt like I had control over.

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
Likewise, I moved to gentoo for about 10 years after that, but have since given into systemd (mostly for pulseaudio, which was for Bluetooth audio) and moved to Ubuntu. Edit: and a thank you to the slack team of the early 2000’s. I’d tried many linux distros but could never fully migrate to desktop use, Slackware finally helped me achieve that. Almost 20 years on and I owe my entire career to an early interest in linux and software dev
chasil 5y ago
I named the gateway that I built for our QA network darkstar. Currently, it runs Oracle Linux, but it's on the 3rd generation now. Everybody at work uses the name, but I'm the only one who knows where it came from, hat tip to Slackware and the Greatful Dead. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xic-CHInek https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xic-CHInek I hadn't listened to that in years. Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion. Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter. Glass hand dissolving in ice, petal flowers revolving. Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye. Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?
- tarkin2 5y ago
  Darkstar takes me back. I never knew it was from the Grateful Dead either. In the age of personality-less distributions, corporate jargon, it's nice to see random bits of Pat's tastes and personality finding themselves in server rooms around the world.
  - chasil 5y ago
    I am going to slyly put those lyrics on the darkstar web page tomorrow. Maybe somebody will notice someday.

hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago

Likewise, I moved to gentoo for about 10 years after that, but have since given into systemd (mostly for pulseaudio, which was for Bluetooth audio) and moved to Ubuntu. Edit: and a thank you to the slack team of the early 2000’s. I’d tried many linux distros but could never fully migrate to desktop use, Slackware finally helped me achieve that. Almost 20 years on and I owe my entire career to an early interest in linux and software dev

chasil 5y ago

I named the gateway that I built for our QA network darkstar. Currently, it runs Oracle Linux, but it's on the 3rd generation now. Everybody at work uses the name, but I'm the only one who knows where it came from, hat tip to Slackware and the Greatful Dead. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xic-CHInek https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xic-CHInek I hadn't listened to that in years. Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion. Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds? Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter. Glass hand dissolving in ice, petal flowers revolving. Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye. Shall we go, you and I while we can Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

tarkin2 5y ago
Darkstar takes me back. I never knew it was from the Grateful Dead either. In the age of personality-less distributions, corporate jargon, it's nice to see random bits of Pat's tastes and personality finding themselves in server rooms around the world.
- chasil 5y ago
  I am going to slyly put those lyrics on the darkstar web page tomorrow. Maybe somebody will notice someday.