After some research, I think I'll give the KDE version of Slackel a try. On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:35 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL <w7...@comcast.net> wrote:
> TNX Wayne. I follow Distrowatch from time to time and just downloaded > manjaro which is the current favorite. Am installing it now to see what all > the noise is about. -Dave. > > > > On 5/11/2018 7:14 PM, Wayne van Loon wrote: > >> Here <https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major> is a link to >> DistroWatch's top 10 distros where you can read their take on a few old >> line distros including Slackware that is being discussed here. >> Wayne >> >> >> On 05/11/2018 06:55 PM, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote: >> >>> Let me ask a simple minded question: >>> >>> I've been running Linux for maybe 20 years. Nothing fancy, office apps >>> mostly, and went through all the early update struggles, etc. Played with >>> virtually every version along the way eventually settling on Ubuntu until >>> that silly debacle. Then cut over to MINT which does everything I want and >>> more. Also I note that MINT was the most downloaded version for years until >>> recently. There must be a reason? >>> >>> QUESTION: What is so unique about some of the other old major Linux >>> lines that make them so important to some users? Or is is mostly a matter >>> of habit and not wanting to change? >>> >>> TNX. Dave. >>> >>> >>> On 5/11/2018 6:21 PM, King Beowulf wrote: >>> >>>> On 05/10/2018 09:06 PM, elcaseti wrote: >>>> >>>>> The fact that Slackware is still using KDE4 is very appealing to me. >>>>> My >>>>> command line skills are not at the Slackware level, but I bet I can >>>>> find a >>>>> Slackware-based distro that is more to my liking that's still using >>>>> KDE4. >>>>> >>>>> Too bad Slax moved away from KDE. I used to use Slax for certain >>>>> simple >>>>> tasks. I might still use Slax for some things, & I don't mind that >>>>> it's >>>>> switched to a Debian base, but it's not going to be my main distro. >>>>> >>>>> It seems like Vector is not a very active project anymore. I tried KDE >>>>> Neon about a year ago, & found it to have quite a few broken things. I >>>>> might even try Gecko KDE Plasma, since I've not really given OpenSuse >>>>> much >>>>> of a chance. >>>>> >>>>> The following Slackware derived distros with available KDE are still >>>> active. I haven't used them in a while (I always go back to the pure >>>> source), but they track the Slackware core pretty closely while adding >>>> ease of use features. Most Slackware derivatives are tweaked, "trimmed >>>> down" to reduce memory and hard drive space. >>>> >>>> Zenwalk: http://zenwalk.org/ >>>> XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager. >>>> Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources. >>>> >>>> Salix: https://www.salixos.org/ >>>> XFCE is the default, with KDE available via their package manager. >>>> Binary compatible with may other Slackware package sources. >>>> >>>> Porteus: http://www.porteus.org/ >>>> Started out as a community remix of SLAX. Packages consist of modules >>>> and can be installed and run from USB flash drive, flash card or CD >>>> (live distro) or hard drive. There are utilities to convert Slackware >>>> packages into installable modules. It is designed to be portable. They >>>> do recommend Slackware if you want to install a full uncompressed >>>> version to an internal hard drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PLUG mailing list >>>> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PLUG mailing list >>> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug