I Quit Slackware

[bunty82]

hi guys
i like you support but just in 3 weeks i an fed up with slackware 12
instead of my efforts i am unable to access to internet (to collect informations i had to log onto windows XP)
unable to mount my cd or dvd drives(even by editing my fstab file)
unable to see movies
and this all sucks
so now i am planing to switch for Mandriva 2007 heard that its much more
stable for a beginner like me
please tell me should i switch to mandriva or let slackware give a try

[bunty82]

just read that mandriva requires a minimum of 256mb ram
my system only got 128mb ram
but i will upgrade my self to 2gb ram by the end of this month
so it means i got 1 months to work on slackware

[techieMoe]

You're not the first person to try Slackware and find out it's not for you. Don't worry, Slackware is not the way every Linux distribution behaves. Any of the top 10 distributions on DistroWatch.com would likely do you well, including Mandriva. I would hold off until after you upgrade your RAM though. Most require at least 256MB (if not 512MB) to run smoothly.

There are more minimal distributions out there that will run on just about anything, however they tend to not be designed for new Linux users. You're of course welcome to give them a try. See a list in the middle of this thread:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...e-posting.html

Or take a look at other users' recommendations:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...-hardware.html
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...new-users.html

[Freston]

Yeah. Slackware. You gotta love it

It's not every man's distro. And as you can see by the design of their site, it has taken no effort whatsoever to make an appeal to new users. Their audience is the people who already know what it is, who want total control over their system and who don't need or want graphical tools. That is also why it doesn't boot into graphics by default.

So if you want a purely graphical environment, automated tools and a lot of out of the box functionality, Slackware isn't for you.

If however you want to learn the inner workings of a Gnu/Linux system, you want to be able to tweak it into your exact specifications, be it bloated, lean, headless, fast or something really exotic, then Slack is your new love


I wouldn't recommend Mandriva on a box like yours. It's build for modern systems. (That was you with the intel 845 gl, 400Mhz?) Maybe you better take a look at the links techieMoe gave for distro's suited for older hardware. You'll find your box has some life in it yet. Although you will never regret adding some RAM.

Good luck!


EDIT: It's your choice of course, but 2GB RAM seems like an awful lot. I've got 512MB and I'm fine with many if not most distro's.

[oz]

When it comes to recommended distros for new Linux users, Slackware is usually near the bottom of the list. Not because it isn't a good distro, but because it's not as new user friendly as some distros. Once you have a better understanding of Slackware, you might find it to be your favorite distro. It's happened to many others in the past.

You'd probably be wise to keep exploring with different distros until you find the one that just "feels right" for you. Slackware probably isn't going anywhere, so you can try it again when the time is right.

The main thing is to enjoy the Linux experience...

oz

[Dapper Dan]

If however you want to learn the inner workings of a Gnu/Linux system, you want to be able to tweak it into your exact specifications, be it bloated, lean, headless, fast or something really exotic, then Slack is your new love

Freston hits the distro square on the head.

Slackware is not for the user who needs everything "ready to go" out of the box. There are plenty of other distros for that. SuSE, Ubuntu and Mandriva come to mind. But when (and if) you reach the point like I did where you want to learn the deeper workings of Linux, Slackware is a great distro to learn from and with patience will teach you a lot. I'd first get familiar with an easier distro, then move on to a harder one when and if you feel so inclined.

[carlosponti]

Slackware was officially my first distro though i had taken a class on unix before and kind of knew what to expect. however I do not use it anymore. i dropped it as a distro a short time ago for Ubuntu.

[bunty82]

thanks guys i appreciated ur responce
i am really a new user to linux one of my friend recommended me to use
slackware
so i am using it
there few forum members who even warned me that , for a newbie like me
slackware isnt recommended
but my fault
i'll search for a good distro
and use that one
thank you all

[fingal]

Yes, if you keep trying sooner or later you'll find a distro you really like.

[Digit]

you'll have learned way more by struggling around with slack for a bit than any of the rest of us who were jumping along on easy street with suse or ubuntu.

first time i installed slackware i felt like i had learned more in the couple hours doing so than in the previous six months linuxing along with suse (and a couple other distros checked out too).