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I honestly prefer the Slackware webpage as-is. Yes it's dated, yes the activity is low, yes it's not all "flash-bang-boom-IN_YOUR_FACE_MOTHAF*CKA!"... but honestly, does it and has it ever had to be? If you can't see the changelogs by clocking a link, geez... then all hope for humanity is lost, and yet we have another reason why the aliens don't visit Earth.
Add me to the list of people who like the Slackware page as it is.
It's crisp, clean, lightweight and all the info is there if I trouble myself to poke round a bit. Nice, factual content with the occasional wry comment from PV. It suits Slackware perfectly.
To visit it and find some huge Flash video proclaiming the benefits of Slackware with all sorts of HTML5 festoonery to usher me into the social-media content sections would probably be more than my old nerves could take!
Add me to the list of people who like the Slackware page as it is.
Add a me too ...
It's simple and clear and very quick to navigate as-is.
Click on the UnderlinedSecurity-Advisories or ChangeLogs Choices in the left-hand Nav Menu and it's easy to see that Slackware is indeed alive and well.
Well, let me give you just these two examples why someone visiting the Slackware site may feel compelled to ask if Slackware is still being actively developed:
Now imagine you're a newcomer haphazardly clicking on some of the site's links. What will you think when you read about the Year 2000 bug or writing the boot images to a couple of floppy disks?
Y2K has been outdated for seventeen years, and the last time I had to configure a floppy disk was back in 2006 for our local public library.
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Well, let me give you just these two examples why someone visiting the Slackware site may feel compelled to ask if Slackware is still being actively developed:
Now imagine you're a newcomer haphazardly clicking on some of the site's links. What will you think when you read about the Year 2000 bug or writing the boot images to a couple of floppy disks?
Y2K has been outdated for seventeen years, and the last time I had to configure a floppy disk was back in 2006 for our local public library.
I default back to my earlier post and Reapers recent post. Sometimes going against the tide means you are moving forward.
Hm, Slackware is something like this and by investing a lot of time and work one can turn it into this, but it will never be a Jaguar.
Cheers
I beg to differ. My late grandfather in Hungary had a Trabant, and it was an awful car. Handling was awful, it wasn't economic and had a nasty tendency to rust. Performance of the two-stroke engine was poor, and it was not very reliable.
Slackware may be a bit bone-headed by design, but that's where the comparison ends.
For having driven one for a few years, I'd rather say Slackware reminds me of my old 1000cc BMW.
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I beg to differ. My late grandfather in Hungary had a Trabant, and it was an awful car. Handling was awful, it wasn't economic and had a nasty tendency to rust. Performance of the two-stroke engine was poor, and it was not very reliable.
Slackware may be a bit bone-headed by design, but that's where the comparison ends.
For having driven one for a few years, I'd rather say Slackware reminds me of my old 1000cc BMW.
"Bone headed by design"? Seriously? More like the one distro that is not bone headed, and actually makes/uses sane decisions. Perhaps, pristine by design!
Slackware's like a good ol' 1967 Chevy Camaro SS. It's old, faded, and a little bit dated, but it's still got more than enough ponies under the hood to knock you and your rice rocket off the Christmas tree in the quarter mile and leave fresh tire marks on the pavement where the wheels had been.
Slackware is the Land Rover Defender and the driver can switch between long- and short-wheelbase versions at will (plus there's a 2 wheel version if you are willing to RTFM in sufficient depth)!
Well, let me give you just these two examples why someone visiting the Slackware site may feel compelled to ask if Slackware is still being actively developed:
Now imagine you're a newcomer haphazardly clicking on some of the site's links. What will you think when you read about the Year 2000 bug or writing the boot images to a couple of floppy disks?
Y2K has been outdated for seventeen years, and the last time I had to configure a floppy disk was back in 2006 for our local public library.
you volunteering to update the slackware.com homepage?
you volunteering to update the slackware.com homepage?
No, because it is not my job. I just volunteered some information about what I consider to be severely outdated information (Y2K bug, floppies, Zipslack) like I would file a bug report. That's it.
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