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author | Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.net> | 2012-08-18 00:07:45 -0400 |
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committer | Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.net> | 2012-08-18 00:07:45 -0400 |
commit | f2032aa262392bbd73c9dd5e8cb3074b9f610cc0 (patch) | |
tree | de05a03eb50b82ff0d02e1aa6475379889fd8eba | |
parent | 2f2bac85863bbc83b1a9320934963352dae800a5 (diff) | |
download | slackbook-f2032aa262392bbd73c9dd5e8cb3074b9f610cc0.tar.xz |
Cleaned up a little of the first few chapters about the Slackware
distribution and added a quote from Pat's LQ interview.
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diff --git a/chapter_01.xml b/chapter_01.xml index df94f0a..850446a 100644 --- a/chapter_01.xml +++ b/chapter_01.xml @@ -14,7 +14,20 @@ first released in 1993, Slackware is the oldest surviving commercial Linux distribution. Slackware's focus on making a clean, simple Linux distribution that is as UNIX-like as possible makes it a natural choice for those people who really want to learn about Linux and other -UNIX-like operating systems. Slackware's simplicity makes it ideal for +UNIX-like operating systems. In a 2012 interview, Slackware founder and +benevolent dictator for life, Patrick Volkerding, put it thusly. +</para> + +<para> +"I try not to let things get juggled around simply for the sake of +making them different. People who come back to Slackware after a time +tend to be pleasantly surprised that they don't need to relearn how to +do everything. This has given us quite a loyal following, for which I +am grateful." +</para> + +<para> +Slackware's simplicity makes it ideal for those users who want to create their own custom systems. Of course, Slackware is great in its own right as a desktop, workstation, or server as well. |