Slackbook 3.0 when? Work on it seems to have stalled long ago. It would be great if a new book edition could be ready for Slackware 15, the previous one is from 2005 and is much outdated for the most part.
Stop wasting time and use Slackware!
Brody Miller
Blake Green
Is there any valid reason to stick to 13.37 in some kind of scenario? Or just use 14. no matter what?
Kayden Rodriguez
Salix is better. Has everything Slackware does + dependency resolution, one application per task (no clutter), additional tools, easy live usb + graphical installer.
Oliver Murphy
Not really, it's no longer supported. 14.2 is the current stable, I'd advise against using current unless you have a habit of reading changelog religiously - Patrick tends to experiment a lot and breakage might happen (usually non-critical but you might leave your system a mess)
On the other hand, I think the pulseaudio-free packages are only available in current's extras...
Carson Campbell
Yeah I don't give two shits about making packages for Slackware. Debian has apt-get build-dep. Cent has yum-builddep. What would Slackware's solution be for grabbing dependencies so I don't have to go hunt every single one down?
Nicholas Morris
1. slackware has a GUI installer
2. slackware has one application per task (if you choose)
3. dependency resolution is a downside. you don't need it, quit telling yourself you do
Gabriel Johnson
"If you choose" means trash is there by default and you have to clean it up.
Slackware sucks.
Brody Powell
How does Slackware compare to PCLinuxOS which seems to share many of its goals (no-bullshit, sane and easy to use desktop OS, no systemd)?
Nathan Lopez
slackware doesn't have anything installed by default lol. that's what i meant boy
Jace Price
Slackware urges the user to "install everything" (to anticipate any possible dependency issues), doesn't it.