Happy 20th anniversary, Slackware!
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| Author | Content |
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| gus3 Jul 17, 2013 4:47 PM EDT |
Twenty years ago yesterday, the memo went out. And roughly four years later, it became my introduction to PC-based *nix. |
| mbaehrlxer Jul 18, 2013 12:15 AM EDT |
i remember coming back from summer travels, finding out that slackware was the new and improved SLS. as SLS was no longer developed for a while i believed it was the same thing just with a new name. the version number 1.0 may also have something to do with it. both debian and redhat didn't show up on my radar until years later... greetings, eMBee. |
| kikinovak Jul 18, 2013 5:03 PM EDT |
Wrote a little hagiography for the occasion. http://www.kikinovak.net/index.php?post/2013/06/10/Ten-reaso... Enjoy! |
| BernardSwiss Jul 19, 2013 1:17 AM EDT |
"Hagiography"? Now that's what I call a fan-boy ;-) |
| kikinovak Jul 19, 2013 5:42 AM EDT |
Sorry. My initial studies (literature & classical philology) shining through :o) |
| Steven_Rosenber Jul 20, 2013 2:42 PM EDT |
It's quite amazing how Slackware has continued for all of these years. It's probably the best way to experience KDE. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 29, 2013 10:11 AM EDT |
It's wonderful when people use English well. Thank you, Kiki. |
| gus3 Jul 29, 2013 5:11 PM EDT |
I thought the word "hagiography" was totally Greek. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 30, 2013 9:01 AM EDT |
English does not borrow from other languages. English lurks in dark alleys, and mugs other languages, rifling their pockets for loose grammar. |
| dag Aug 04, 2013 8:33 PM EDT |
is not english decended from latin. all terms or words are just baseless until they are defined. all words are created language is created. a word in another language usually has its equivelent in other languages. some times words need to be defined with multible words to define it correctly especially in english with its limited ability to define multi meaning terms this is only with translation have you though until it can be incorporated and defined natively just like computing;) |
| gus3 Aug 04, 2013 8:39 PM EDT |
Ummm... English gets most of its grammar from Latin, but its vocabulary comes from everywhere except Antarctica. |
| dag Aug 04, 2013 9:09 PM EDT |
verey true |
| DrGeoffrey Aug 04, 2013 9:11 PM EDT |
I dunno, we borrowed a mascot from there. Can we really be certain we did not borrow some words from the Penguins, too? |
| dag Aug 04, 2013 9:18 PM EDT |
a word is only a word until it is defined. lol has become a word albiet an anogram. Edit: this has gotten way off topic. |
| BernardSwiss Aug 04, 2013 10:12 PM EDT |
My understanding is that English origins were from Germanic languages (Angle, Saxon, etc), with a later (11th Century) infusion of romance languages (including Latin) when that "frenchie" (France didn't exist, yet) William the Conqueror crossed the Channel and took over in 1066 (a little incident during the Norman Conquest now remembered as the Battle of Hastings). (That's why its "beef" or "pork" if its on your dinner table, but "cow" or "pig" if you're taking care of the livestock). |
| jdixon Aug 04, 2013 10:27 PM EDT |
> ..is not english decended from latin. BernardSwiss is correct. English is a germanic language. We borrowed a lot from both Latin and French (which is descended from Latin), so there is a lot of Latin influence, but at it's core it's closer to German than Latin. > ...this has gotten way off topic. With a BDFL named Vokerding, how can a discussion of germanic languages be off topic? :) |
| dag Aug 04, 2013 11:31 PM EDT |
I do stand corrected. |
| kikinovak Aug 05, 2013 11:54 AM EDT |
Most modern languages can "import" words from latin and/or greek to form new words and actually do so quite extensively. Sometimes a word can stem from both latin and greek, like "television" (from "telos" and "visio"). The word "hagiography" is a simple composite of "hagios" (greek for "saint") and "graphein" (greek for "write"). Keep It Simple Stupid :o) |
| gus3 Aug 05, 2013 12:09 PM EDT |
And "hagios" itself is derived from two Greek parts: "ha-" (not) and "gios" (earthly). In other words, "not of this world." |
| cr Aug 05, 2013 12:15 PM EDT |
UiO linguist makes sensational claim: English is a Scandinavian language |
| notbob Aug 05, 2013 5:35 PM EDT |
I don't know about all this other stuff. Recall a documentary about languages and was shocked at how many everyday words we use that came from French. Anyway, jes like to say Happy B-day to Slackware. Loved it from the minute I started using it 13 yrs ago and can't imagine changing to anything else. I may get into VMs of other distros, but not gonna abandon my fave, Slackware. Happy 20th birthday!! |
| mbaehrlxer Aug 06, 2013 12:06 AM EDT |
cr: funny, scandinavian languages (except finnish) are germanic too. noone claimed that english is based on german specifically. they are all in one family, except that english has more romanic (french, latin) influence than other germanic languages. just look at who conquered parts of england and pushed the anglo-saxons back. nothing to see here. move along... greetings, eMBee. |
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