But what if there was a distro that didn't have any services at all? No features! Kind of reminds me of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPKPpgJAwo <quote> now to fit in on the seattle scene you've gotta do somethin' they ain't never seen so thinkin' up a gimmick one day we decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note under any circumstances silence music's original alternative root's grunge </quote> -Erik On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Joel Longanecker <joel.longanecker at gmail.com> wrote: > If turning services on and off is a challenge for an individual, and the > default services are the basis for choosing a distro, one must wonder if > Linux is the correct tool of choice for the task at hand. Is it appropriate > for a toddler to be operating a skid loader? Nobody is going to fork Ubuntu > because they really hate cups or Bluetooth. > > On Feb 5, 2013 12:36 AM, "B-o-B De Mars" <mr.chew.baka at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2/4/2013 11:12 PM, kelly wrote:: >>> >>> I would doubt that Slack enables bluetooth or cups, but I am not running >>> current (i.e. Slack 14) just yet. I know that is conservative, but I >>> will let you know after my download finishes and set up a vm. I am >>> getting the iso now. Not so sure why you need that. If you are trying >>> to tailor a system to your needs, you might want to make a package >>> seleciton based on what I posted before, or do some sort of Debian FAI >>> installer that is a cut list from the full installer. I guess I don't >>> know what you are asking for without some parameters to reply coherently. >>> >> >> Slackware does not enable bluetooth, cups, or any other service for that >> matter unless you request it during the install. It's the opposite (which I >> like) of the more popular distros that all the cool kids are using. You >> start with nothing, and turn on services as needed versus starting with >> everything only having to shut things down. >> >> It's also fairly flexible as to what you want installed too. Min life >> support all the way up to everything & the kitchen sink. >> >> It defaults to run level 3 out of the box, but comes with a handful of >> different GUI's as well >> >> www.slackbuilds.org has been doing a really nice job providing build >> scripts for software not included in the stock distro. >> >> It's not for everyone, but I recommend it to anyone. >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Erik K. Mitchell erik.mitchell at gmail.com