^chewie wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:07:50PM -0500, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > > installed and yes, apt-get is fabulous); but I want to know of the > > > downsides I might not be aware of. Are there any? Has anyone used > > > hardware this slow and upgraded the kernel to a 2.2.x version, and > > > is it the 'win-lose' proposition I expect it is (more modern but > Heh. You don't get it? Might it be that you're trying to uncompress > a -9 gzipped tar file on extremely old and crochity hardware? Might Dunno about -9, but plain tar/gz goes much faster... > uses Perl extensively and that you're relying on Perl to interpret the > installation scripts (sorry unavoidable). Hmm... Interpreted This doesn't seem to be the slow part... :P --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org