In <1993Jun24.212554.39367@slate.mines.colorado.edu> iarit@slate.mines.colorado.edu writes:

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> Hi there,
> 
> I would like to get some feedbacks from people who installed
> SLS's latest version. I have been using an old version of SLS
> (don't ask me how old, I use Linux for almost 8 mounts, so you
> figure out ;-) ), and would like to update.
> How much space we need, how stable the system is, how stable SLIP
> is running are some of the questions that came to my mind.

Full install is about 90Mb.

SLS v1.02 is quite nice.  The tcp/ip available at the time of v1.02 was,
however, not as rugged as what is being finished now.  Also the new
XFree86 v1.3 just came out.  I would suggest waiting until SLS with new
tcp/ip and XFree86 v1.3 comes out, since you have waited this long.  No
SLS release date has been announced, but Peter is quite good about getting
out new releases, so be patient.

Unfortunately, some "people" have been selling SLS, while adding no
value to the product.  While Peter (SLS) provides SLS for free via ftp,
he also sells it on floppy and CD.  Peter is the one who integrates SLS,
providing a stable platform.  I tried not using SLS, doing the integration
myself, and found it VERY time consuming.  The $$$ Peter gets from selling
floppy/CD SLS to people w/o net access has allowed him to continue his 
efforts (motivation, hardware).  Recent SLS "rip-offs" have discouraged
the SLS effort, but I am sure Peter will survive to provide a new release.

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> And, also the status of the DOS emu,UUCP, 3D X widgets, and etc..
> I am going to wait for your feedbacks and planning to repartition
> my hard disk to make more room for Linux( hopefully, delete
> DOS completely, one day!!).
> 

DOS emu:       Avaliable, fairly stable

UUCP:          Available, stable

3D X widgets:  Probably have to get the sources from export.lcs.mit.edu
               in directory /contrib

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> I appreciate your experience with the installation and problems you
> encountered and your solutions.
> 
> iarit@slate.mines.colorado.edu

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