I don't remember the first time I used Slackware. I do remember the first time I used a non-slackware distribution. It was Debian. The first thing I tried to do

I don't remember the first time I used Slackware. I do remember the first time I used a non-slackware distribution. It was Debian. The first thing I tried to do was install a missing piece of software with `make && make install`. I couldn't believe anyone would ship something as useless as an operating system without a compiler. It was a very long time before I gave anything but Slackware another chance.