Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 3rd Nov 2004 07:07 UTC
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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While I can appreciate slackware, I think FreeBSD is still the top choice for i386 *nix distros. I have tried slack before when I became disenchanted with Redhat. I had friends that swore by Debian, but that didn't impress me either. Slack was a little better, but FreeBSD is a whole new realm. It's package managment is often copied, but is still the best, hands down.