[ale] Slackware anyone

[Bob Toxen]

Slackware 14.1 is GREAT!  I prefer Slackware for my firewalls (less
extra crap needing security patches so less frequent patching) and
generally for my Laptops.

Almost painless install on my new used Lenovo Thinkpad T61 and much
easier than #%$*& CentOS 6.5 to get the multimedia stuff working (Flash
on Firefox, playing commercial DVDs, etc.)  Figuring out video has been
automatic for a long time.

Wireless with WPA just worked.

Slackware gets security patches out as fast as RedHat and for important
security patches even will provide patches for years-old versions.

No dependency checking on patching so no "Dependency Hell" but yet
to cause a mismatch for me.

Trivial to patch.  I just scp over the accumulated set and it ignores
the ones it's already done.

Contact me if you want my notes on how to set up either SW14.1 or
CentOS 6.5 multimedia, etc.

Bob Toxen
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On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:37:33AM -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
> Slackware 8.0 and 8.1 were my distro of choice back then when I had to
> build server. I've actually managed to fit base install + apache + php +
> mysql + pppoe server in 170 MB harddrve. We used in mainly for pppoe server
> but we did test some php scripting, slow but was working.
> 
> The reason I'm asking is just curiosity. Nobody post questions for
> Slackware perhaps nobody using Slackware.
> 
> Even I can remember reading anything on the web news ...
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