[wellylug] Distro of choice

[rljury]

Nick Jensen wrote:
>>> I've notice during my lurking that we seem to have some die-hard 
>>> Debian fans here, and some Gentoo fans as well. Mandrake certainly 
>>> sounds appealing - if a bit too much like what I already have. And I 
>>> don't think I'm ready for Slackware just yet!
>>> So tell me - what do you recommend?
> 
> 
>> I'm going to recommend Slackware anyway, even though you don't believe 
>> you're ready for it.
> 
> 
>> Can I just ask why? Is it the lack of a decent built in package 
>> management system, or something >else?
> 
> 
> My reasoning is simply that I've heard it is about as 'simple' as 
> possible, and therefore very complex to set up - let alone use. On the 
> other hand, I've also heard (read) that installing and using Slackware 
> is a great way of getting to know Linux, and that Slackware users are 
> generally the most knowledgeable Linux users about. I realise that's a 
> big generalisation, but maybe you're right - Slackware might be a good 
> option for me.
> 
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Although Slackware is simple, it is far from complex to set up.  It was 
one of the first distros I ever used (after SLS - it was a while ago) 
and I keep on coming back to it for its simplicity and control.  You can 
select exactly what you want to be installed, without extra crud.  I 
have used it for everything from minimal installs, to servers without 
any (Slackware-caused) problems.

Cheers

Robin