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I have 2 slackboxes and they've been solid. Much more user friendly IMO than when I had Fedora/Redhat boxes. You definitely need to know your way around Linux to really appreciate the greatness of this distro.
Sorry t_g, didn't mean to give you a hard time! 'Suppose I should have said, "Mmmm...Linice cream," or something similar.
Talking of which, I think I'll go get some ice cream...
Edit:
I just re-read the entire thread. By
Quote:
So, Linux == ice cream? This just keeps getting better and better...
I meant using Linux got better and better; I'd forgotten I gave t_g crap on the first page for implying that real men allow themselves be used. That totally changes the tone of my first ice cream comment, makes it MUCH FUNNIER!
i used fedora for my first install, not my first distro. it was on my dad's machine. they didn't tell me i didn't have any codecs or anything yet. i though linux didn't have them. if they would have told me: "b/c of certain legal issues, u must download codecs after your installation." i would have been all set. User friendly my.... anywho, yea i like slack.
Originally posted by joshknape Excuse me...why isn't Xandros a choice? Not good enough to consider?
Good question, its not that its not good enough, these three are pretty popular and i wanted to see which way the table turns around here. Ill probably have more then one of these posts around so, Xandros is probably going to be included on one.
Slackware has been my baby since 8, love it and it makes me feel good setting up a new install. Customization and config files for my viewing pleasure, its great. Even though my main workstation at home has actually been switched over to Ubuntu, slackware still runs on a k7 800 mHz and a PentuimMMX 166 with 32 megs. The great thing is all three systems fly like you wouldn't believe.
They're all great
If you like wasting time setting up everything and adding stuff that should already be added, try Ubuntu or Slackware. If you just want to get to work and have most of what you need there and ready to go, use Mepis. Mepis is, by far, the best distro I've used to date.
Originally posted by titanium_geek Ubuntu has nice package managment, is a one cd install and is newbie friendly. (they also have a really cool shipit for cds).
(that's my second choice)
Ubuntu is NOT user friendly. I would rank it as the worse distro I've tried so far. You have to do too much manually to get it working; its so incomplete! Slackware and Ubuntu are for people who would rather spend their time working with the OS than actually doing things in the OS.
If you want ease: Mepis
If you want to learn: Slackware
If you want a rockin' live CD: Knoppix 4.0 DVD
If you want an easy distro that doesn't rely so much on the internet: Suse
Last edited by Cinematography; 08-23-2005 at 02:16 PM.
I really like Slackware and I really Like Ubuntu. The things I like more about slack are like everyone says..it lets you do your thing with out having to apt-get your ass off. I like Kernel Configs better in slackware. I find you can make a tighter install with slackware than ubuntu. Overall though Ubuntu, as great as it is, is a fork. Slack is its own.
-ddp-
I'm honestly surprised that slackware was thrown into a contest with Ubuntu and Mepis.
Two Debian-based distros... Both relatively new, and focussed on being extremely user friendly...
And slackware... the oldest living distro...very user friendly once you understand how it works.. but likely difficult for someone coming right from windows...
Just seems like an odd matchup.. either way.. I picked Slackware..
Originally posted by titanium_geek like the aladin quote.
There are three basic types of linux- the rpm type (Red Hat, Suse, Mandrake, Fedora), the debian type (debian, ubuntu, knoppix, mepis) and the pure type (slackware, vector, arch?)
different people like different types.
titanium_geek
You forgot there are 4 types of linux: rpm type, debian type, pure, and from-source ( gentoo, Crux etc)
i voted for ubuntu. i tried mepis, it had several problems on my pc that i just coudn't resolve (video drivers wouldn't install no matter what i tried, sound took a loong time to get working, etc), ubuntu worked almost perfectly. i'd really like to try slackware, but the last time i tried a few months ago it didn't recognize sata hd's, so until it finally gets upgrade to kernel 2.6 i won't be trying it.
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