Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 4th Dec 2003 04:42 UTC
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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>>>was that if i was going to bother to go from redhat to something like slackware (a huge leap)....why not just go to freebsd?
FreeBSD is great, but it doesn't have "automatic" support for modern hardware. For example, it requires tweaking to get your USB camera up and running, or to enable USB2, or to enable SMP, or to do this or that. The support IS there, it is just that you need to find it and enable it if you want support for the latest and the greatest. With Linux this part is easier as the kernels shipping with all these distros have most stuff turned on. Slackware uses the stock kernel, but it is also configured to supprot stuff, e.g. Firewire or USB by default.