If Slackware disappeared tomorrow, what would you run?
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View Poll Results: What would you run if Slackware disappeared tomorrow?
My first thought was that I would use Zenwalk or Salix. However, since these distros are based on Slackware they would likely disappear as well. Or perhaps their developers would pick up where Slackware was left before it
(HORROR OF HORRORS!!!) died ...
If there was no more Slackware, Zenwalk, or Salix, I would either go with Arch or Debian-testing.
I would probably still keep Ubuntu around as well.
My first thought is that I would not go with ubuntu, it's just so far from slackware you could go I think. And then I think I'd wanna try arch, I think it's lightweight and it has other goodness so that's what I'd try anyway.
I wouldn't go with Ubuntu either. It's not that I hate the easy to use distros - I like both OpenSUSE and PCLinuxOS. I just think that Ubuntu goes about things in a cock-eyed way and the other easy to use distros do things better.
If I wasn't running Slackware, then I'd most likely be running OpenSUSE or Fedora. Arch is a non-starter for me because of the lack of signed packages.
The funny thing is that the most popular linux distros do very badly in this poll. Most would go to Arch, FreeBSD or a different Linux distro not shown on the poll (judging by the posts it would be LFS).
I think I would do like many others and end up with LFS...
Dang . . . I knew I should've put Amiga in the list . . .
Wonder if I could port Slackware to my Sinclair ZX-81?
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Originally Posted by metageek
The funny thing is that the most popular linux distros do very badly in this poll.
That is a good observation, but I would not attribute it to "geekieness", at least not in my own view of what geekieness should mean - YMMV.
I do not want to start any OT wars but I know that in my own case I use Slackware because it provides me with accessible, unrestricted use of my computing machines for pretty much whatever I want to do with them. And it leaves ME in control of my systems and their usability into the future (as much as one can be). The essence of FREEDOM in any domain.
And in particular, about other major distros - I was a very happy Mandrake/Mandriva user who left for other pastures when I lost that control (yes, largely due to KDE 4 - not flames intended). Apparently I was not alone - too bad for them...
And the trend here to steer clear of the major distors if Slackware disappeared, is also a trend toward those OS's that would provide a similar level of FREEDOM... it is certainly not about "convenience" or "features" in the usual sense, and not geekieness I think (unless that means geekiness to you).
I think Slackware provides a nice balance between the user's control over the system and being practical.
If you go one way (=Ubuntu, Fedora), you'll lose some control over your system. If you go the other way (LFS), your system might lose everyday desktop practicality (Mind you, I've never managed to finish the LFS build)
It brings the best of both worlds.
I expected a lot of users would choose Arch, what I find interesting is that FreeBSD is in the top. I think it's about time I made use of VirtualBox again
I'm surprised how many people have voted for FreeBSD, too.
Its because people dont like much the direction Linux is going and FreeBSD is in any way similar to what Linux used to be.
Linux nowadays takes too much control off the hands of the user and is getting much more complex than it used to be. Of course, FreeBSD has other advantages as well.
Its because people dont like much the direction Linux is going and FreeBSD is in any way similar to what Linux used to be.
Linux nowadays takes too much control off the hands of the user. Of course, FreeBSD has other advantages as well.
What (or who) on Earth are you talking about??? I am a people (as far as I can tell) and I totally like where Linux is going. I just sit here sipping my wine and running "pacman -Syu" every few weeks, and everything just gets better.
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