Slackware is probably the best Linux Distro I've used. I got started on Fedora. Tried what was then called Mandrake. I got frustrated with Red Hat when they stop producing the free version which became fedora. Mandrake seemed like a crippled version of red hat to me (i.e not everything was available unless you purchased the full version). Then I tried Slackware. I honestly have to say that was when I dove into linux. I personally learned more about Linux running slack then when I was running any previous version. Yeah it still comes with the 2.4 kernel. For most people that is still sufficient. However if you want the 2.6 you can choose to install it. Or you can grow up and learn to recompile the kernel and intall from source. Slackware HAS PACKAGE MANAGEMENT!! God I can't say that enough. To those that say it dosen't have it, have you tried using it for more then an hour. I however perfer to compile from source. That way i'm sure it will work on my system and i'm generally getting the lastest version. I can not emphasise the fact you will learn more about linux running slack in my opion then most other distros. Does Slack Matter Give me a break. Pat keep up the oustanding work!!
If I might quote old school. We have no rebuddle. That was perfect. I had to copy that. I will be using that for reference from now on. EXCELLENT POST!
Red Hat discontinuing support was great for me. I started using slackware. I learned so much more about LINUX then I ever would have using Red Hat. I stopped using Fedora as well.
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Slackware is probably the best Linux Distro I've used. I got started on Fedora. Tried what was then called Mandrake. I got frustrated with Red Hat when they stop producing the free version which became fedora. Mandrake seemed like a crippled version of red hat to me (i.e not everything was available unless you purchased the full version). Then I tried Slackware. I honestly have to say that was when I dove into linux. I personally learned more about Linux running slack then when I was running any previous version. Yeah it still comes with the 2.4 kernel. For most people that is still sufficient. However if you want the 2.6 you can choose to install it. Or you can grow up and learn to recompile the kernel and intall from source. Slackware HAS PACKAGE MANAGEMENT!! God I can't say that enough. To those that say it dosen't have it, have you tried using it for more then an hour. I however perfer to compile from source. That way i'm sure it will work on my system and i'm generally getting the lastest version. I can not emphasise the fact you will learn more about linux running slack in my opion then most other distros. Does Slack Matter Give me a break. Pat keep up the oustanding work!!
If I might quote old school. We have no rebuddle. That was perfect. I had to copy that. I will be using that for reference from now on. EXCELLENT POST!
Red Hat discontinuing support was great for me. I started using slackware. I learned so much more about LINUX then I ever would have using Red Hat. I stopped using Fedora as well.