I have heard those questions too many times. My understanding is that
Linux is Linux. Although, each distribution is made with different
characteristics, the essence is the same. I think Linux fits in the human
being life because there are too many different choices to start using it.
As Human beings, there is not any special standard to describe their
preferences. I started using Slackware as my first distribution. I need to
accept that for me that it was the best choice I could make in terms of
knowledge. When you start using Slackware you learn every single thing in
Linux because you need to do everything by yourself. When that happened I
was in high school and I was plenty of time. On the other hand, when you
are talking about businesses; you must have everything done in minutes.
Even when you are an adult, you don’t have the time that Slackware
demands. I like it, but you can use other distributions and you can
determine the grade of automatization you will like in them. I have
Redhat, and I still use the console a lot, as a matter of fact, I like to
use the console when we are talking about setting anything in my Linux.
Finally, I agree with the BSD point, but I disagree with the server point.
I think a server is supposed to be even more updated that a normal
workstation. There are different factors that influence in that for
example security.
Regards
Diego Henao
>> I regret that that I don't have a single friend that use LINUX,
>>
>> let alone use it exclusively, but I have been Slackware 100% from 1997
>> and I don't understand:
>> Why no one on any list I am on is an advocate of Slack.
>> Why no one on any list I am on even mentions Slack.
>> What would be so difficult about one distribution compared
>> to others? The only difference I have read of, is the installation
>> programs.
>
> I can't speak for anyone except myself, but in my opinion Slackware
> lacks something nearly every other mainstream Linux distribution has:
> advanced package management. I maintained a Slackware 7.1 desktop
> machine for a while, but I got tired of having to upgrade all my
> libraries manually from source, keeping track of all my own
> dependencies, every time I installed a new application.
>
> I know of someone who runs a script that uses apt-get and alien to
> download software, convert it to slack-tgzs, and install it, but that
> seems like a silly amount of overhead to me when one could use a
> distribution that has that capability natively. Of course, for a server
> or something where the software is going to remain static, Slackware
> would work as well as anything else.
>
> As an additional factor, I have observed that people who like Slackware
> have a tendency to eventually gravitate to a BSD and become BSD
> advocates.
>
> Levi
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