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Justin<br>
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On 01/19/2011 12:43 PM, Shawn Fertch wrote:
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type="cite">How is this an insult on your religion?<br>
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The name "Slackware" stems from the fact that the distribution
started as a private side project with no intended commitment. To
prevent it from being taken too seriously at first, Volkerding
gave it a humorous name, which stuck even after Slackware became a
serious project.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><br>
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:26, Drmgiver <span dir="ltr"><<a
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How is explaining why I won't be using that distro trolling?
Do you not<br>
know the background of the whole "slack" thing? It is an
insult on<br>
Christianity.<br>
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Justin<br>
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On 01/19/2011 11:25 AM, Yaron wrote:<br>
> Wow... telling people not to troll and act like
adults in one sentance and<br>
> then trolling and acting like a non-adult in the
next! You win!<br>
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Drmgiver wrote:<br>
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>> Ok seriously, can we get over the troll shit and
act like adults? I<br>
>> have a right to my opinion sorry. The whole
"slack" thing insults my<br>
>> faith. I won't be using that distro or any
distro based on it. Get<br>
>> over it.<br>
>><br>
>> Justin<br>
>><br>
>> On 01/19/2011 09:55 AM, Mr. B-o-B wrote:<br>
>>> Drmgiver cried from the depths of the
abyss...<br>
>>><br>
>>>> Most distros include it in repos to my
knowledge. As for Slackware, I<br>
>>>> know it is just me being me, but I refuse
to use it based on how it got<br>
>>>> it's name.<br>
>>>><br>
>>> That is a shame. I have the same feeling
about Ubuntu (which is an<br>
>>> African word for not smart enough to use
Slackware). I have installed<br>
>>> Ubuntu for my Mom, and a handful of others
that are challenged. It's a<br>
>>> nice n00b distro. Once you grow some teeth,
or need to put a server into<br>
>>> production you might find the hand holding
fisher price aspect of Ubuntu<br>
>>> a turn off. This of course my is just my
opinion.<br>
>>><br>
>>> You should give it a try. It's lovely!<br>
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