[Ham-Linux] Which Distro/Apps/Apps development software to use?

[Bob McConnell]

Bill Smith wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: kd4e
> To: Bill Smith
> Cc: Dan Nelson ; Ham Linux mail list
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Linux] Which Distro/Apps/Apps development software to use?
> 
> 
> Actually, the last time I loaded Puppy Linux it came up 100%, used
> a fraction of the space of Windows XP or Vista, ran faster, and worked
> fine.
> 
> And that was?  Probably very recently.  What happened to all the email and
> html addresses, archived notes, letters, lists and other information that
> are commonly stored on a computer?  You do *use* it, (as opposed to
> configuring it) don't you?

Hey Bill,

Why are you so angry that some of us prefer a more customized version 
instead of the default packages that you use? Are you actually trying to 
pick a fight, or just upset that someone might know more about using the 
system than you do?

With Slackware, those files are in my home directory, which is on a 
different partition from the kernel, system, etc. So once I install the 
update, I mount /home and everything is there. No muss, no fuss. I also 
keep /usr/local on a separate partition, so I usually don't need to 
recompile any of the applications there if I don't wish to.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP