Slackware was my favorite distribution until Ubuntu came along but not for the reasons you might think. Slackware showed you the internals and I learned so muc

Slackware was my favorite distribution until Ubuntu came along but not for the reasons you might think. Slackware showed you the internals and I learned so much about compiling and systems architecture during the few years I was using Slackware. When Ubuntu came around it was the first time I was able to plug in a USB stick and have it recognized immediately and I had to do some paid work to put food on the table. Slackware is an excellent distribution for learning and I'm glad I used it in my early days.