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[indelusion]

Please post as many reasons as possible as to why Slack is the best!

Thanks

[nerrollus]

Hmm.. Because the people that use it are called Slackers.. ;p

[indelusion]

I think Slack is cool because it has dark and mysterious vibe. Mandrake has a goofy vibe. Redhat has a microsoft vibe and debian has a superior dork vibe.

[scanez]

Originally posted by indelusion:
<STRONG>debian has a superior dork vibe.</STRONG>
w00t!!!!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself...

~praise Debian :D

[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: scanez ]

[berb]

-compiling from source rules. It forces you to understand your system in ways that you really didn't want to know about. (recently I was helping a friend with RH and I had a problem with rpm's - found it easier to compile from source)

-little to no bloatware, you choose (as in most distros) what you want to install, but Slack does little up front in the basic, out of the box install.

-mystique

-old quote(ish) "If you are having problems with linux, RTFM, and if that doesn't help, ask a Slackware user".

-it's better on toast :D

and, had to do it you damn Debs

:cool: SLACKWARE :cool:

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[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: berb ]

[mcmanus69]

WHy does everyone bash bloatware so much? In my opinion, if u have plenty of HD space, what's a few extra programs on ur HD gonna do, that is, if they're not being run at boot-time or anything? I mean, how many of us actually know what every single freakin' proggy does, or how it fares to another one? I like having options (say one popular ftp proggy has a weird bug, and another less-popular one doesn't, etc...). My point is, as long as u have HD space, and it's NOT being run w/out ur knowledge (leaving security holes and memory leaks, etc.), then it's not really that bad.

Of course that argument goes out the window for older computers and laptops, where HD space is limited (ESPECIALLY old laptops!), but most of the time that's not THAT big of an issue, IMO.


I just see it as having more options, is all. And isn't Linux all about having options???

[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: mcmanus69 ]

[Hitokiri_X]

Originally posted by mcmanus69:
<STRONG>WHy does everyone bash bloatware so much? In my opinion, if u have plenty of HD space, what's a few extra programs on ur HD gonna do, that is, if they're not being run at boot-time or anything? I mean, how many of us actually know what every single freakin' proggy does, or how it fares to another one? I like having options (say one popular ftp proggy has a weird bug, and another less-popular one doesn't, etc...). My point is, as long as u have HD space, and it's NOT being run w/out ur knowledge (leaving security holes and memory leaks, etc.), then it's not really that bad.

Of course that argument goes out the window for older computers and laptops, where HD space is limited (ESPECIALLY old laptops!), but most of the time that's not THAT big of an issue, IMO.


I just see it as having more options, is all. And isn't Linux all about having options???

[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: mcmanus69 ]</STRONG>

because I don't need to have programs I never used taking up space no matter how big my hd is.I download alot of anime so it can mean the difference between an episode to finish a series or a couple,every little bit counts no matter how little it may seem.

[jaygee432]

Slackware has more sex.

[TeRG]

/me thinks this should be moved to rants


/me gets out his flame suit

:cool: SLACKWARE :cool:

[PimpHolic]

slackware is just that damn good. period.

:D :D :D

[recluse.]

I can't for teh life of me figure out
why optech has responded to this post already? He must be really busy.

OK hotshots, if slackware forces you to understand your system on a god like level whre do you obtain all this knowledge?


/me waits to be raised to god-like status

[EscapeCharacter]

Slack is the best because it is the most bsd like distro, the rest are sys v and sys v sucks

[Strike]

/me notes that there is not a thing that Slackware does that Debian cannot do (or at least the equivalent of), yet there are several things that Debian does that Slackware cannot without using Debian-specific things.

[X_console]

I'm surprised Strike is the only one who said something about that Debian remark. :)

Craig (if he were here) would have an essay written out on why you shouldn't use Slackware. :)

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

I'd personally have to agree with the SysV thing. I know how to use SysV, but Slack is more like BSD, which is cool, because I Slack, and it make it easier for me to learn FreeBSD.

[scanez]

Originally posted by X_console:
<STRONG>I'm surprised Strike is the only one who said something about that Debian remark. :)

Craig (if he were here) would have an essay written out on why you shouldn't use Slackware. :)</STRONG>
I mentioned Debian :)

IMHO, Sys V &gt; BSD...and this is why we need Craig back, if nothing else for his...well, can't really think of a reason...

We just need Craig back :D

[ 05 February 2002: Message edited by: scanez ]

[evilcartman]

Because they say

Slackware : No Lammers Allowed :)