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Slackware in my circles around '99 was always the elitist option from day one. You were using Debian, Red Hat or SuSE? Not Slackware? Pfff... normie. I think
by askbookz1 3y ago
Slackware in my circles around '99 was always the elitist option from day one.
You were using Debian, Red Hat or SuSE? Not Slackware? Pfff... normie.
I think that consolidated it as difficult for beginners. The fact it offered very few technical advantages was the nail in the coffin.
- RuggedPineapple 3y agoI remember I used SuSE for ages based solely on how good Yast and Yast2 were. Its almost quaint to remember how Linux was back in the day, where an installer/setup tool that actually managed to make your system fully usable and configured without any extra tweaking or compiling kernel modules for hardware support was an honest to god selling point and killer feature. Reflecting back on it makes me appreciate all the early gurus who got us to where we are now.
- lproven 3y agoSame here. But I tried Ubuntu "Warty Warthog" and jumped ship.