Re:How many self righteous linux geeks does it tak (Score 1)

to screw in a lightbulb. Answer: they'd have to live in the dark because noone could give anyone else any advice on how to fix it, therefore noone would ever learn how to change the lightbulb. The attitude expressed by some of the posters in this situation amazes me to no end. Well.. i must say that i somewhat agree.. but this is kind of general for all os'es , no? And anyway, i was, until 6 months ago, running suse 5.0 , but got tired and removed the part. It didn't have what i needed (midi/audisoftware) But if i want that software, well i guess it's up to me to write it. Anyway, 1 week ago, i dl:ed Slackware 4.0. First of, i had had a problem with my ftp-client. (had to use the crappy built-in windows version since i didn't give myself the time to dl a working one). Secondly, while installing, the dang ftp-client had skipped some files, in various disksets, so everything was fubar. But i got my ass around to getting a working ftp-client, got all the slakware disksets on my drive, went home, and installed. It was a dang smooth ride. Until i got to ppp section. After 2 hours, it starts smoking from the modem, so i figured it was somewhat broken. Funny thing is: in minicom, when i did ATZ, it said OK, but didn't work with pppd. Anyway, changed modem, et voilà! Set up my Xserver ,no problems, started x. *ummmfff* KDE! Never in my life on my box! So i just shut down x, dl:ed WindowMaker, since that is the wm of my preferences, installed. Configured. and damnit.. still kde, what is this? MicroSoft KDE??? Easy to install, wont uninstall.. hmm.. anyway, i went to #linux on efnet, and i got great help there, actually found out that the .xinitrc was global, not by user. (is this new, or has it always been like that in slackware?) Anyway.. some people are friendly, some are not.