I started with Slackware in 1999, a friend gave me "Slackware magazine" with install CD and some how-to install / start / configure.
I'm still using Slackware nowadays, at home and at office.
Why Slackware ? I've been using FreeBSD, Fedora, OpenSuse each for 4-6 months at work, and Slackware is my favorite. I don't have some stupid GUI not working, I don't get updates that break the system (only security updates) and I am not tempted to update to bleeding-edge and break my system.
The slackbuild repo contains nearly all I need, and I don't care doing "./configure && make && sudo make install" from sources to install a new software. I start all my local services from /etc/rc.d/rc.local (lighttpd / redis for example).
The machine is using Lilo, the boot is very slow, but the computer works, and continue to works.
For me, Slackware keeps to be very simple while it's not the best for performance or up-to-date packages.
I'm still using Slackware nowadays, at home and at office.
Why Slackware ? I've been using FreeBSD, Fedora, OpenSuse each for 4-6 months at work, and Slackware is my favorite. I don't have some stupid GUI not working, I don't get updates that break the system (only security updates) and I am not tempted to update to bleeding-edge and break my system.
The slackbuild repo contains nearly all I need, and I don't care doing "./configure && make && sudo make install" from sources to install a new software. I start all my local services from /etc/rc.d/rc.local (lighttpd / redis for example).
The machine is using Lilo, the boot is very slow, but the computer works, and continue to works.
For me, Slackware keeps to be very simple while it's not the best for performance or up-to-date packages.
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