[Discuss] Slackware

[Tom Metro]

Glenn Becker wrote:
>> What is the claimed advantage...?
> 
> Slackware is great if you like your system clean, no-frills, very
> 'UNIX-y' and you don't mind configuring things by editing text files
> (and you also don't mind reading and following documentation and
> occasionally figuring things out on your own).

All of that would equally apply to Debian. Anyone with experience with
both that can say how they contrast?

What, if anything, does Slackware use for package management?


>> (Is LinuxQuestions.org a Slackware hangout?)
> 
> Yes. It hosts what is, unless I am mistaken, THE Slackware bulletin
> board.

Ah, that would explain the survey results.

 -Tom

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