trying out slackware for the first time

[cheesecake42]

I've been using ubuntu/fedora/suse for about a year and a half now and just decided to download slackware and give it a try. Am I about to be completely blown away and not know what to do from over a year of using more "user-friendly" versions of linux?

[littledrop]

all you need is patience & lot of reading

[Freston]

Slackware was the first distro I could get to work. It's actually quite easy once you understand the logic behind it.

[aliov]

For me Slackware is the Best Linux Distro i've tried in my life, but the only one disadvantage in it it's the dependencies checking of the packages ! and the Slackware developers didn't include this in it's packages for the 12.0 release. this for me it seems to be mandatory because you know the shared libraries/programs in Linux and the dependencies checking should be implemented in the Slackware packages, otherwise always it's better to compile stuff from source code since 95% of the packages contains the configure script wish will tell you what is missing.

Really this is strange to don't have this in Slackware , but in any case i'm not going to switch to Slackware but i want to try a basic Linux Distro with Deb packages , for the instance i'm searching for a one like Slackware but uses the Deb packages wish for me are the best Linux packages in the world.

Regards.

[littledrop]

When I used slackware for first time, I didn't have much knowledge.
I was impressed with its speed & simplicity.

I recently installed FreeBSD and I found it even more superior than slackware. But its just my personal opinion.

Every os has its own use. It's upto the user what he/she needs. Slackware is unique and I am sticking to it.

[aliov]

I recently installed FreeBSD and I found it even more superior than slackware. But its just my personal opinion.

One question littledrop , how did you find the TBZ packages of FreeBSD, it's providing dependencies checking ? i'm going to try FreeBSD soon .

Regards.

[littledrop]

I have not installed any software .. just opera.

It got installed without any problem.
pkg_add -r opera


If you know any software which will need dependecies then tell me. I will test and tell if it downloads the dependencies as well.

[aliov]

there is a lot , almost all of them , but if the packages are already installed you'll not have a problems, i don't know and i can't tell .

try for example to install xine and make sure that you don't have xine-lib already installed ,and see what happen .


Regards. and many thanks for this .

[Dapper Dan]

Hi cheesecake42,

Since you already have a good deal of Linux experience, I think you are going to really enjoy exploring Slackware. It's a little intimidating at first, but very soon you'll get the hang of it. Slackware forces you to learn more about Linux, yet as Freston pointed out, it becomes easy once you understand the logic behind it. I've not yet tried 12 but plan to soon. They say once you Slack you never go back. I'm sure that's not entirely true, but it has been the case with me. I also love Crux, Ubuntu and some of the Redhat based offerings all for various reasons, but Slackare remains my all time favourite distro. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have. Good luck!

[littledrop]

there is a lot , almost all of them , but if the packages are already installed you'll not have a problems, i don't know and i can't tell .

try for example to install xine and make sure that you don't have xine-lib already installed ,and see what happen .


Regards. and many thanks for this .

xine was not found in the repository.
Why don't you give a try ? You will love it.

Its partitioning utility is risky so first give a shot in virtual machine or spare hdd.

There is vmware applicance available.