Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Aug 2009 09:59 UTC, submitted by Witek Wasilewski
Among OSNews readers, Slackware is a surprisingly popular choice when it comes to Linux distributions. A new release came out today, Slackware 13, which comes packed with improvements, and even a whole new port.
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2005-11-18
First and foremost, Slackware is very carefully crafted. Pat is a great guy and builds a solid distribution. I have used it with pleasure for many years (from 1994 up till a 2006 or 2007).
However, I am not using it anymore these days. The number of packages in Slackware has grown to a point where package management would become very convenient. Many Slackers that I have seen solve this problem by just installing every package from every disk set. Besides that, there are distributions that carry far more packages, which is very convenient when you do not have the time anymore to write your own SlackBuild scripts.
As a lightweight system, the BSDs and Debian fulfill the same niche better for me know. On desktop systems I prefer OS X with a ports system / package manager such as MacPorts.