Distros To Try: Slackware 9.0-rc1 And Yoper 1.0

FrosGate writes "Slackware 9.0-rc1 is now available for public consumption over at www.slackware.com. From the site: 'Some of the main components included are the 2.4.20 Linux kernel, KDE 3.1, GNOME 2.2, and XFree86 4.3.0, as well as gcc-3.2.2 and the latest development libraries. Enjoy!' Enjoy is right!" And Scorchen writes "YOPER has released Version 1.0 of their increasingly popular distro. This is the their first stable release." Here's the announcment. The website claims "With Yoper it is possible to import packages from all the other major distros including rpm's, deb's, and tgz packages."

Comments

Yoper looks a bit dull?

[Stillman]

I've been looking at YOPER recently, and it really doesn't seem to be much more than just another distro. The website makes all sorts of amazing claims, but when it boils down to it, it just doesn't seem to have a lot to it. Slackware + alien?

I dunno - somebody prove me wrong! :)

OSNews

[colin_n]

Yoper has already been discussed thoroughly in an OSNews feedback thread and it has been decided that a lot of their claims are duds or dont quite work and they dont add anything visually pleasing to the distro. Everything Yoper looks like crap. Dont believe me, check out their screenshots. That Y instead of the K looks terrible.

Nothing different

[ObviousGuy]

We've got all these different distributions of Linux, but nothing seems to separate one from another. This one's got standardized app installing. This one's got a nice OS install script. This one's got a better app installation system. This one can use all the different installation systems.

Whatever. There simply isn't any value added by any of these distributions.

Which one stands head and shoulders above the rest? Any suggestions?

Yoper= Slackware + alien?

[civad]

I am too tempted to agree.
Having tried both Slackware and Yoper for sometime, I think here are some things to note that might try to differentiate the two distros:

a. Installation process- let me say that typing something like "yoper" to start the installation process of an OS is...um...different. But then, there is no rule/law which says that one *must* use the term "setup".. :). Also, one cannot get to choose the packages to install in Yoper.

b. Default Desktop: Slackware offers a choice. Yoper doesn't. I personally prefer XFCE (just a matter of choice, nothing personal against KDE), something that Yoper does not provide by itself.

c. Under the hood, there is no noticable difference between the two distros. They both have similar package menagement

Re:Yay for the slack...

[ankit]

yay! me too!!!

But its not for everyone. I guess this is a generation thing (lol). Most people from the pre-redhat/windows days continue to admire the simplicity and elegance of slackware. I just dont see a new linux adopter choosing the "plain and dry" slackware over anything else. Maybe in 10 years, people wont even open consoles anymore. But I for one cant live without a shell prompt the rest of my life....

Just count the number of *dumb* "slackware is dead" posts!