On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Joe Klemmer wrote: > Slack is very stable but extremely difficult to manage and upgrade. > Until very recently the only real upgrade path from one version to the > next was format and reinstall from scratch. Even now it's still a LOT > of work to keep things updated and in sync. > > Slackware isn't a bad distro by any means. It's just not what one > would pick for anything more than a little, single service system. Well it runs 1000's web sites and processes (rx's and virus scans) around about 800 email msgs a minute, not to mention all the other crap that goes with operating an ISP..I rather think if it wasnt upto it it wouldnt be there now :) > > -- Regards, Res
