Why I like Slackware

Why I like Slackware

Posted Jul 3, 2007 18:55 UTC (Tue) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
In reply to: Slackware 12.0 released by peace
Parent article: Slackware 12.0 released

I like Slackware because (1) it is so incredibly unencumbered by all the bloat I've noticed in other distros; (2) it is a "generic" distro in that it doesn't make big modifications to the individual packages - Slackware isn't trying to push its own agenda--at least not nearly so much so as other distros; and (3) (most importantly) everything just works (and really fast, also!).

I've experience using Redhat (versions 5.1, 6, 8, and 9), RHEL version 4 (at work), Fedora 2/3/4, SuSE 7, 8.x, and 9.x, Mandrake (briefly, before it became Mandriva), Gentoo 2006.1, and Ubuntu (I believe version 6.06). Gentoo crashed during install; Ubuntu flubbed up GRUB and wouldn't boot after install (I have an unusual disk configuration); I was unimpressed with Mandrake, and I got sick of all the bloat RH, Fedora, and SuSE/SUSE (or whatever it's called these days) had that slowed down my (otherwise decently fast) computer.

Many thanks to Pat V. and the Slackware volunteers for creating a wonderful Linux distribution that's a pleasure to use.

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