slackware

[stinkoman]

so how many people use this regularly?
how many of you have tried it?
and would ANY of you recomend it?



(PS I already use it im just curious)

[Dapper Dan]

The only distro I love more than Slackware is Crux. Running Slackware taught me a lot about Linux as it doesn't give you all the "GUI" configuration utilities. You have to configure things yourself. It's always rock solid and easy to fix if you've taken the time to learn how. I do not recommend it for new users. It's a distro to take on once you've had a good amount of an easier distro under your belt.

[stinkoman]

that sucks because id rather force myself through this than reinstall another one. and what would you suggest as a precurser to slackware (so i can teach my brother)

[oz]

I used to run Slackware and liked it a lot, but left it for Arch.

It was probably the pacman package tool that Arch provided that did the most to win me over. If Arch were to go away, I'd not hesitate to return to Slackware, and I do still play with it now, and then.

[stinkoman]

and is there a way to update to slackwar 12 without uninstalling/reinstalling? like a windows update kind of thing? and if i ahve to reinstall it, is it worth it?

[oz]

and is there a way to update to slackwar 12 without uninstalling/reinstalling? like a windows update kind of thing? and if i ahve to reinstall it, is it worth it?

Let's say you were running Slackware 11 and wanted to upgrade to version 12. Some have reported success doing that with Swaret or Slapt-get type package tools, but many have said one or the other broke their system.

I've always just done a fresh install because I'm not a big fan of full version upgrades. The fresh installs go quickly (after you've done enough of them), and I know the system is clean from any lingering problems left over from the prior installation.

[stinkoman]

well i might try that on a different hard drive then, save this as my backup

[techieMoe]

so how many people use this regularly?
how many of you have tried it?
and would ANY of you recomend it?

1. Don't use it regularly.
2. Tried *several* different versions of it. Every one that has come out since about version 8.
3. Would definitely not recommend it, but that's just me.

[Freston]

Slackware ftw!! Just as strawberry ftw!!

It's all about taste :o

[forgottentq]

1. use it everyday
3. i would recommend it to anyone SERIOUSLY interested in developing a deep understanding of linux.

This is a distro that MAKES you learn simply by lack of configuration.. Between man and google.. there is no limit to the things you can learn from slack.

If you are just using linux and all its GUI power of other distro's simply because its smoother than your typical windows computer, and so you can tell people. "I run linux." slack is far from what you are looking for.