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I used to run Slackware, and the user experience is pretty terrible compared to Arch or OpenBSD. The absence of a package manager that tracks dependencies is no
by mruts 7y ago
I used to run Slackware, and the user experience is pretty terrible compared to Arch or OpenBSD. The absence of a package manager that tracks dependencies is not a “truer” Unix experience. All the BSDs provide a more Unixy experience than Linux and they all track dependencies.
If Slackware was updated more often, the system would work better. The dynamic libs are always way out of date, and god help you if you want to install a newer version.
- enriquto 7y agothis depends on your point of view. For me, being able to install a package even when some dependences are not met is a fundamental feature. Regarding the versions, slackware-current is a very up-to-date rolling distro (e.g. much more so than ubuntu).