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Why Slackware Still Matters
An anonymous reader writes "In a rebuttal to the recent opinion column "Does Slackware still matter?" at Linux Watch, cRaig Forrester provides insight into Why Slackware DOES still matter--and not just to "hard-core group of hobbyists" or "highly professional" Linux server administrators--but desktop users and newcomers too."
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Come again?
I didn't hear about this newbie distro "Slackware" since I'm using SLS and I'm happy with my kernel v0.97.1 (a.out)
I guess I'll look into upgrading.
I still need to have a "boot" floppy and a "root" floppy for my system to IPL, right?
Will Al Canton sign an official piece of paper saying I'm a "highly professional" with a Ph.D because I love slack?
FLR
I tried Ubuntu also, but I found that it was just too difficult to install software. There is limited community support with sites like ubuntuguide.org but the descriptions on that site are just too difficult to follow for me. The other thing I really hated about it were the overly bright colors and useless eye candy, it gives me a head ache. I with I could change it to something a little more earthy and easy on the eyes. It is out of my price range.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
I really don't understand why people complain about Slackware, frankly I find all those so call "easy" distro like Redhat and others confusing as hell. Why do people continue to perpetuate this Slackware myth?
Because all of us Slackers like it that way. It used to be enough - just using Linux made you a tech God. These days Linux use is much more common. Slackware is just another way to separate us true Geeks from the posers - and that's the way we like it.
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It does. It's along the lines of