On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 01:25:38PM -0400, Andre Abelian wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> What's slackware for lenux?

Slackware is one of many Linux distributions. It's current claim to fame is
that it's the oldest continuous Linux distribution in existance. IIRC
Slackware came online in Late 1993 as a series of patches to the dominant
Linux distribution at the time, SLS Linux.

> I searched on line there are some explanation but I still do not get it.

Well the Pro to Slackware is its stability and simplicity. The con is the
fact that Slack still doesn't have a comprehensive package management
scheme with dependency management. I finally put Slack aside about 4 years
ago over this issue.

> I want to get most from linux os
> and I do not know what else is available.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux distributions can be found
here:

http://distrowatch.com/

> Now I know about KDE, Gnome.
> I use Fedora OS it works very well so far.

If it works, then why are you looking elsewhere?

> I found info about WINE to use windows applications but for some reason it freezes for me.

That's a typical WINE issue.

> I downloaded almost 80% of packages but all of them look like small software
> no thing serous.

???

> 
> 
> my question is
> 
> 1. what is slackware

See above.

> 2. how can I make wine work to use MPLAB?

Not worth the trouble. There are enough native packages for PIC development
under Linux, that there's no need for MPLAB.

Start by taking a look at GPUtils: http://gputils.sf.net

also here's a article I came across right quick discussing PIC development
on Linux: http://www.micahcarrick.com/04-19-2005/pic-programming-linux.html

> 3. what else should I use to make linux cooler looking?

Out of my scope. My understanding that the Beryl interface is supposed to
do that. But personally I find the issue completely orthogonal to getting
work done.

> 4. what should I use to make linux look like mac?

No clue. Anyone?

BAJ
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