On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 08:22:49AM -0500, Emery Rudolph wrote: > For those who are using Slackware, just wondering if you've considered > using other distros?
I use a variety of distros at work, and all of them get in my way more than Slackware does. With Slackware, if something isn't working, you can edit config files and mess with things until it works. With Red Hat and derivatives, something else often manages configuration files and stomps on your changes. Ubuntu is better about that, but a lot of stuff happens behind the scenes and it takes more troubleshooting to figure out what's going wrong. When it works, it's great, but when it doesn't work, troubleshooting is harder. Also, I find I often need to install something from source in any distribution, and I'm not willing to repackage the source into a .deb or an RPM just to satisfy the package manager. Once you step outside the package management systems of the more complex distros, you're very much on your own, and the wheels are more likely to come off. In Slackware, you're on your own to begin with. :-) All in all, I like the dependency management of Ubuntu but I like the no-frills package management of Slackware more. Ben -- Ben Stern This space intentionally left blank. You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the message signoff UM-LINUX in the body.
