I've been using Slackware on a laptop since around 2014, the 14.1 release days. The default (i.e full) install contains almost everything I need. I just add Lib

I've been using Slackware on a laptop since around 2014, the 14.1 release days. The default (i.e full) install contains almost everything I need. I just add LibreOffice and R/RStudio and Octave and a few bits and pieces - nearly all available pre-compiled. As another post has pointed out, if you decide to try Slackware 15.0 your previous knowledge will be mostly reusable (but slackpkg makes updating the base easier).