I was a Slackware user for 20+ years. About 1 1/2 years ago I started distro hopping. There's some really cool stuff out there. Many have automated tasks or have tools that can help new users. I, however, love the basics. I'm also a command line junkie so Slackware and Debian check off a lot of boxes for me.In this thread I have seen stories of Ubuntu, Mint, Arch, RedHat, SuSE and even BSD variants. But one distro that is missing out is Slackware. Why is that so? Is it because it is old and not new? Has anyone shifted from Slackware to Debian or Slackware to some other distro to Debian? If yes can they please share their details
I love Slackware because it's also so darn stable even it's -current version, which is considered a beta distro for developers, is rock stable. I used -current for well over a decade and had very few issues. Installing Slackware is MUCH faster than other distros too. Once installed it's very easy to configure things. It's all in text files so modifications are quite easy.
The one thing Debian does better is the repos. Slackware has repos for all of the software that I use but sometimes they can be a couple of versions behind. Many of the packages are maintained by just one person so if they are busy with something else you just have to wait, or make your own packages. You also have to do upgrades to that software one item at a time. With Debian it's just sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and it upgrades everything all at one time. Nice.
It's funny that the two longest surviving distros keep me satisfied the most. In both distros things just work. Period. The same can't be said for others out there.
Statistics: Posted by NakedRider — 2024-08-14 18:13 — Replies 605 — Views 4058598