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Is Slackware Fading Away?

Posted by Hemos on from the don't-fade-away dept.

A reader writes "I just read over on userlocal.com about how David Cantrell announced he is no longer actively developing protopkg and autoslack (these are 2 apps that could have brought slack out of the stoneage but still kept to slacks philosophy of K.I.S.S.). So is it almost "game over" for the first commercial linux distribution which used to be the heavyweight champ?"

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  1. No, not a chance by jjccss · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    It will never fade away as long as I keep using it. Sorry redhat, debian, mandrake, etc. I like linux, not windows.

  2. Linux Sucks. Always has, always will. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So get used to it geeks. You suck too.

    And you'll never get laid.

  3. Slackware is not a M$ wannabe... by Matro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and that is the reason why it will live on.

    Slackware is the distro for people that knows UN*X. Let the converted windows user use Red Hat or whatever...

    That's my 2 cents...

  4. Re:Debian vs Slack for the 'unix-like' crown? by Bremen24601 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How can any distro that dosn't even include pico be considered 'unix-like' ???

    He who trades a security for ease of use in his OS deserves neither.

    --
    Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. --Herbert Hoover
  5. Hell YEAH!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are you guys dreaming or what ? look around you... see how the other distros are devoloping while your slack is lagging behind the big boys.

    Once upon a time slack was THE distro of choice. Those days are over. Redhat, Debian, and Mandrake are now taking Linux to the next level while Slack is still with its awful package manager, awful scripts, awful installer, and awful updates.