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Slackware 13.1 Released
- mark_l_watson 16y agoMemory lane... Slackware was my first distro: downloaded over a 2400 baud modem in 1991 (my family may never forgive me for hogging the phone line for 2 days :-) Tip of the hat to Patrick Volkerding and crew.
- decode 16y agoThat's pretty amazing, since it was first released in 1993.
- mark_l_watson 16y agoSeriously? I traveled a lot on business in 1991, and I thought that I had an HP laptop loaded up with Slackware. That said, I just googled Slackware and version 1.0 was officially released in 1993, as you said. I guess that I have not been using Linux for as long as I thought. Thanks for the correction.
- w1ntermute 16y agoToo bad it was released just too late to integrate the latest update to Xfce in months (4.6.2).
- zppx 16y agoThis was the distro that I used for 6 years with the same install, every upgrade was seamless, I never had the same trouble-free experience with another distro.
- watmough 16y agoGreat stuff. Slackware was my second distribution after Ygdrassil... GNU/Linux has come a LONG way.
- rtra 16y agowhat OS are you using now?
- mkeblx 16y agoI have a not so computer literate family member who wants to see what this whole linux thing is about but don't know whether to suggest Ubuntu or Slackware? Thoughts or suggestions?
- javanix 16y agoSlackware. No doubt, far easier to use and maintain than Ubuntu.
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- zppx 16y agoFor not so computer literates I always would recommend Ubuntu or something like that, the only problem that they will have (at least I always have) is to upgrade to newer versions, for someone that is not a übergeek this is a nonissue and a LTS release will be just fine for some time.
- Micand 16y agoUbuntu is the best choice for a user who is not terribly computer literate. The Ubuntu devs have made an extensive effort to provide a cohesive and well-integrated system that should not require the user to drop down to the command line for most uses. No other distro has made as exhaustive an effort to insulate the user from Linux's rough edges; Ubuntu's popularity ensures that numerous online tutorials are available to assist in just about any task. As with any operating system, installation is the biggest hurdle, particularly if the user needs to preserve existing data. Once past that point, however, if he can handle Windows or OS X, he should have no trouble using and maintaining Ubuntu.
- kahawe 16y agoSlackware was also my first Linux distro. I have always liked it for its beautiful simplicity and getting out of your way. When I first saw a SuSE install I felt pretty overwhelmed and overloaded by all those ridiculous choices, checkboxes and dialogues. Plus the multitude of wizards and tools for making tasks "easier" were just an abomination and very often did not work. And I always hated RedHat's automatic update tool which would read update information from a central server but search for the RPMs on a different mirror then - because very often those mirrors were not in sync. Here is to you, Patrick!