Comment Re: Yes (Score 1) 716
"Slackware is 1990s-era relic."
I wouldn't know, I don't use it. I find it hard to believe that it has continued this long if that is true though.
"We're looking to use a modern Linux distro, like Debian from just before the switch to systemd."
Well.. there's Devuan which was specifically a response to systemd. Of course it is totally unproven that they will stick it out though. But.. one thing about Debian.. it has always had countless sub-distros built off of it. This is nothing new. I'm sure some of them will not adopt Systemd. You will have your pick!
"I don't want to wait a week for Gentoo on my laptop to finish compiling Xfce."
Hmmm.. where to start...
First off.. save your straw men for Burning Man. The only way it's going to take a week to compile Xfce is if you bought that laptop back in the 90s. (probably at the same time you were last trying Slackware) Furthermore.. there is no reason you should be waiting for anything to compile. That's what screen or tmux are for. You can even throw nice levels into the mix to lower the priority on the compile task if you really need all that processor available to you as you work in the previous version of Xfce.
"We want Debian without systemd"
So?
First off, back to my whole baby and bathwater point BSD isn't Debian either. How does switching to BSDs get you back to old Debian?
Second, no-one owes you old Debian. Did you pay the developers for it? No. But... you are free to make it yourself. Or.. just sit back and relax because with soooo many people bitching... I'm pretty sure someone WILL make 'old Debian' for you. It might have a different name is all.