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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> >   xmms,
> > If this is a movie player use David's Mplayer static.
>
> its a music player... im not a big fan of 'media' players... xmms for
> music, xine for movies... the occasional times i watch movies on linux
> anyway... movies are normally played with the wintendo through the
> nvidia cards svideo connector on TV.... much nicer than a monitor...

I don't need X to play music or movies with Mplayer.  Does xmms come in 
CLI version and play formats that Mplayer does not?

> > Opera is available for Redhat 6 (BL2 library).  Add a later lib to
>
> opera is adware/shareware... and it doesnt do CSS properly...
It has been free for a while (no ad banners either) and I don't care about 
CSS but it probably does that now too.



> BL3.
> > Add a later kernel for USB.  You stil have something much smaller than
> > Slackware.
>
> i only install what i want from big distros my point was is that i can
> install -from cd- not over the web... nor do i have to replace
> anything i just install it....

But then you need a lot more drive space.  My point was that you can use 
the same CD to install to BL.

> > I compiled  Kermit for BL1/3 which has a good dialer, telnet, and ftp.
> >   Microcom would not dial my bbs.
>
> kermit is shareware.... and you dont need to use any dialer to dial a
> bbs... ATDT phone# works just as well....

How do you do this, cat  atdt.. > /dev/ttyS1?

> > You end up with something much larger that needs more hard drive and RAM
> > and takes longer to boot.And don't learn as much.
>
> i didnt say install everything either... see below... install what is
> wanted... but when its installed it wont be broken or stripped
> ala-BL...

But most of the time the stripped version is all I want, and takes up much 
less space.  I prefer to save space and spend time.  Also it boots faster 
with a smaller linux partition.

> > Busybox telnet is easily replaced.
>
> why replace when the real one can be installed in the first place.... see 
> below
See above.

> > So what are you using BL for?
>
> i dont anymore (ive been lurking on this list for a -very- long
> time).... i used it to -start out- in the linux world... which is
> probably why i like to do my own custom installs/configs... i just
> like having a full distro disk for the convienience of its data
> contents.... pick and choose...

I have SW71 SW81 and SW91 CDs to choose from but am using only BL.


> i have chopped up installs made out of redhat components... i hated
> the default install the first time i tried it (i dont like eye candy..
> i hated gnome.. and i -really- hated the autoconfigurators...) so i
> uninstalled and redid it manually.... but i didnt have to deal with
> -replacing-... all the -full- components were installed the first time
> around...

Why pick Redhat and not Slackware then?
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