Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 23rd Jul 2008 00:00 UTC, submitted by Robert Lange
"I've read past reviews by other reviewers describing Vector Linux as "better Slackware than Slackware" or "what Slackware should be" and I always felt that was a bit of a stretch. With this release it isn't. You get all the reliability and stability of Slackware, better performance than vanilla Slack (at least on my hardware) and the features and most of the conveniences users of distributions touted as user friendly have come to expect."
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I am assuming, based on your statement that you are waiting for a friend to come over and install Ubuntu for you, that you are new to Linux.
I've never used Vector, but if it is being compared to Slackware, I can see why you find it foreign compared to Ubuntu and OpenSuse. Wait until you have a year or two Linux experience and then try looking at it again. I think you'll find it educational if nothing else.
On a side note, Slackware was the first Linux distribution I tried. It was their first release too. Believe it or not, it was awesome. Prior to that, I had installed Linux by downloading a bunch of floppy images via dial-up and slip, and spending a week compiling everything. Those were the days.
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2005-09-21
Sorry, didnt like it.
it was just a little too different from any of the Linux I have tried. Ubuntu and Opensuse 11 on my friends computers.
I am waiting on my friend to install Ubuntu on this pc, until then I have been trying a few live CDs. I tried Vector 5.9 and it was just a little strange to me.
And how do you install software ?