I make no secret of my Slackware evangelism. In a recent post I told the story of how I came to Slackware, and why I still use it.
I’ve been meaning to do an in-depth writeup on Slackware, and I probably still will, and most likely it will be in pieces, because I think there’s a lot to discuss. However, someone else has done a great writeup on my favorite distro and I felt the need to share it with the four or five readers I have (thanks for the link, Joe!).
From The beginner’s guide to Slackware Linux:
“It’s not trying to win enormous desktop market share, nor is it loaded with blinking lights, hold-your-hand graphical wizards and package managers that change with every release. Slackware is about as pure a GNU/Linux system as you can get – at least, without all the arduous leg work of Linux From Scratch.”
Trent
Patrick
Joe
I read that last night. That was a good article! Today I’m testing (OMG!) Fedora 11/LXDE on my laptop. After I’m done with that little sidetrip, I’ll either reinstall Arch, or go Slack. We’ll see how it shakes out.
By: eyeofliberty on June 24, 2009
at 13:21
I should give Arch a try one of these days too. I’ve read good review after good review of it.
By: Trent on June 24, 2009
at 14:50
It’s pretty tasty. Nice rolling release distro, and very stable, even given that. Before I got the itch to try F11, I had updated to the latest kernel, 2.6.30, without a hitch.
By: eyeofliberty on June 24, 2009
at 16:25