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Review of Slackware 11.0

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Review of Slackware 11.0

Overview:


Slackware is one of the oldest Linux distributions alive today and focuses on stability over cutting edge features. You might not find many flashy GUI tools for Slackware, but don't let that fool you - this is one heck of a distro. Today I'm taking a look at this latest version of Slackware and explore the myth that Slackware isn't for newbies.

Test System
Dell XPS M170 Laptop
Intel 915GM Chipset
Intel Pentium M 2.26Ghz CPU
2GB 533MHz DDR RAM
Intel 2915A/B/G Pro Wireless Card
Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Intel 802801 (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
Intel 802801 (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller
NEC ND-6650A DVD+-RW Drive
Fujitsu MHV2120A 120GB SATA Hard Drive
Alps GlidePoint Touchpad
nVidia GeForce GO 7800GTX PCI Express Video Adapter
17" 1920x1200 Laptop LCD Display




/proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : GenuineIntel
cpu family    : 6
model        : 13
model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.26GHz
stepping    : 8
cpu MHz        : 800.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug        : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 2
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
 pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up est 
tm2
bogomips    : 1598.15




lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML
 Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express 
Root Port (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 
Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 
82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) 
AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface 
Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller 
(rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) 
SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GE Force Go 7800 GTX 
(rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
03:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 
08)
03:01.2 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host 
Adapter (rev 17)
03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network 
Connection (rev 05)


I have shrunk the Windows XP MCE partition that the laptop came with to the smallest possible size. This gives about 90GB free space for the test distro's to play with.


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