This question is subjective. Slackware is cool if you like to know how things work. It doesn't hide a lot of things that other distros automate for you. So, in

This question is subjective. Slackware is cool if you like to know how things work. It doesn't hide a lot of things that other distros automate for you. So, in a sense, it has the advantage of keeping it simple and, thus, being a better platform for learning how Linux works. It also offers an environment that resembles more a BSD system. So, if you like those systems, but cannot run those, maybe it is a better alternative than, say, Ubunto or Redhat (from a user perspective of course). update: typo