Linux & Slackware versions

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Jim Van Zandt wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

>Get 3.0 at least, it's the first Slackware with ELF support.
>MicroCenter in Cambridge used to sell Slackware 3.0 CDs for $15, dunno if 
>they still do. Probably worth going by for a look.

 JVZ> I checked the Infomagic Web site, and found they just
 JVZ> released a new "Developer's Resource" set dated Apr 96, six
 JVZ> disks this time, still $25.  Same Slackware release (3.0) as
 JVZ> the previous set (Nov 95), but newer Red Hat release.  You
 JVZ> might want to get the newer disk set, or else use it as a
 JVZ> bargaining point to get the price down on the previous set.

Yes, it arrived here on Monday.  In my opinion the InfoMagic "Linux Developers
Resource" is the CD set to have.  It is very cheap ($25 plus shipping) and very
current (the latest was pressed April 30).  It includes: kernel source through
1.3.88, Red Hat Picasso/ELF 3.0.3, Slackware 3.0 (ELF), and Debian 0.93R6.  It
is the next best thing to your own Internet T3.  The disk's main feature is a
snapshot of tsx-11.mit.edu and sunsite.unc.edu as of the date of manufacture,
and it throws in a live filesystem.

InfoMagic also accepts plaintext and PGP-encrypted orders via e-mail.  Send a
message to "info at infomagic.com" for an auto-reply.
 
-- Mike