No, but seriously. I think I just fell in love with my first Linux distro. I figured I'd introduce myself after lurking for some time.

I started using Linux (Fedora - bleh) for the first time because I had to take a college class on it. I had one hell of a good time learning it. But after using distros like Ubuntu and (Fedora - bleh) I don't feel like I've learned too much about Linux. Damn user-friendly GUIs.

So I found Slack. It's great. I've been pounding my head trying to figure out how to get a few things up and running, but it's forcing me to use google and lurk forums to find out what I'm doing wrong. Love it.

So, hello all!

Welcome, pkryp! All I will say is that you are not the only one thinking like that. I, too, owe most of my Linux knowledge to Slackware. Although you need to dedicate time to figure things out, it is also fun -- Slackware lets you configure your system to your taste (in a very clean way) and once you learn how to do it you get addicted .

Welcome pkryp!

Hopefully Slackware doesn't cause you too many problems that it deters you away from it. ^.^

welcome to slackware! you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave

Welcome to the official Slackware forum, pkryp.

If you can survive the first custom kernel compilations then you can survive everything Although wise men keep backup kernel in lilo config the true hackers never deal with backups and if the kernel ends up with panic due missing storage driver then the Slackware CD is the thing they put to the reader and to the next round they go A bit more advanced hackers are able to get their slack running without compplete reinstall. But that only happens after they're tired of reinstalling after every failed kernel compilation and they figure out the magical way around

wtf? lol!

That was funny! Thanks for the laugh