I use Slackware/SLAMD64 when I want to create an appliance. If the box is never gonna be maintained then it's a candidate.
My Desktop & laptop don't fall into this category because OpenOffice upgrades, Firefox upgrades etc. What does fall into this category are print/webserver/samba servers etc. On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 13:10 -0600, Joe Shuttleworth wrote: > On July 19, 2009 06:40:05 am John Jardine wrote: > > Slackware - Don't use it as a laptop/desktop anymore - used to have it > > on everything > > On July 19, 2009 05:03:44 am Shawn wrote: > > I can get my hands dirty with Gentoo, LFS, etc. But I moved away from > > Gentoo because I decided I'd rather spend my time earning a living, > > rather than maintaining a desktop. So, the same would apply in the > > Slackware case. (this is not to say that Gentoo or Slack require a lot > > of maintenance, only that in my experience and how *I* use my computer > > maintenance was an issue) > > What were the problems as far as using Slackware: maintenance, etc. Can > you elaborate. > > I'm curious because I have been using Slackware for a couple of years > (Maybe because I wanted to learn Linux, and curious because I heard about > Slackware). I like Slackware, but I wish it would have a way to > resolve dependencies. Some say that a Package manager that resolves > dependencies can be a problem (any comments?) I would also like to try out > some other distros. What other distros would you recommend. What are the > similarities and differences to Slackware? > > Thanks > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
