tlug: Re:GIMP on Slackware (was GUI Linux reliability vs other OS)

["Austin Kurahone" <a_downunder@example.com>]

Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Austin Kurahone wrote:
>
>> Well lets see,
>> I use a combination of an outdated Compaq i486 (Prolinea 2200), 
>> Linux(Slackware 3.3.4) for my web design work, and it is extreemely 
>> stable.  The GUI (Xfree86) usually causes me no problems, and also 
there 
>> are all that is needed for web design available for  X (eg: GIMP 
>> replaces photoshop, XEmacs replaces BBedit or and other HTML enabled 
>> editor).
>
>I'm curious - what version of gimp are you using, and if it's a recent
>one, how did you get it to build on a slackware (libc5) system?  Ii 
think
>0.99.something was the last one that would build on libc5... 

Well,

I use GIMP version 1.0.0, and glibc 5.4.44, and it built fine....  I 
will admit that
it took FOREVER (2 hours including GTK) to compile, but it built, and it 
workes fine....

Are you sure that it isnt't supposed to build?   Because I just might be 
extremely lucky ... ;-)

Austin Kurahone

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