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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Staring to use RH from ver 6.0(never use a dual boot w/ window) until I have an disagreement with RH business change. I ve given slackware a try, and known that it is a very good move.
I ve moved to Slackware 9.1 last month and see all the article's short review on slackeware 9.1 is a quite good one, it describes fair good points which have occured in a slackBox. Though as a new starter w/ slackware, I think i learn slackware not very hard w/ BSD init style. It is simple to edit and pretty responsive
If a Linux newbie of 5 years ago, he/she would not postpone to try Slackware as a console/CLI philosophy. However, it may be a fear w/ them now and dueto many Linux Distros provide GUI installation way which is a better option for newbies. I myself still think using Slackware will gain your Linux knowledge as fast as you can. You can learn a heap of Linux in nature w/ slackware, from a setup ppp dialing using analog modem to how to take control the system, run httpd to mysql on CLI)...
The folowwing is some notes of mine on Slackware-9.1(for Gnome use only)
+ speed and applications responsiveness: much faster than RH-Gnome. Openoffice1.1 (downloaded from www.openoffice.org ) gets more responsive than OOo-1.1*.rpm RH.
+boot time: faster than RH bootime
+stability: no app(s) has been crashed so far in my slackBox-9.1 except for one time w/ totem as I tried to take a snaoshot from a movie
+simplicity: i think this one plus w/ BSD init scriprs style speed slackware up compared with other distros
+uptodate: swaret, dropline is a good up2date and the same idea w/ the article's author, the --CURRENT gives you a very quite stable version of apps.
+security: although slackware does not make a seperate group like RH (same name w/ username), but in details, it is a good secure system, and you can create a group and use it by yourself(if you are an admin and have priviledge to do that kind of job)
+pkg management: I think it is not bad as I compare with rpm or apt package management. However, i dun know why Slack ware does not use DEP. as installing pkg, there is no conflict in place of sripts. For example: as I install cabextract-0.6.1 from *.tar.gz, it doea not conflict w/ a cabextract-0.6 existed in slack before
And of line I ve just said:
Linux for Desktop/smalls+mid business = Slackwware + Swaret +Gnome +YOU(of course :-)
Slackware, drives me to SLACK, where?