My husband hooked me up on Slackware almost three months ago (he used to run Slackware in the '90s). While I use a large range of OSes on a daily basis, when I am under Linux I now prefer to use Slackware. This is my mini-article with thoughts on Slackware 9.1 after using it for three months on and off. Ten screenshots are included.
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That's the problem I had with slackware. I just didn't have the time to haunt for dependencies and I didn't like the package management system, at all. If you are a power user who wants a fine tuned system that is easy to update and maintain, and that has the latest stable packages, I'd go with gentoo. If you don't mind search for and downloading deps and you are all about tinkering, then have fun with slackware. Overall good review.
That's the problem I had with slackware. I just didn't have the time to haunt for dependencies and I didn't like the package management system, at all. If you are a power user who wants a fine tuned system that is easy to update and maintain, and that has the latest stable packages, I'd go with gentoo. If you don't mind search for and downloading deps and you are all about tinkering, then have fun with slackware. Overall good review.