Journal Timex's Journal: Coming Home Again? 11
I've been hopping Linux distros since I decided (for reasons of my own) against intentionally using systemd-based distros. I'm not interested in systemd flame wars, so don't bother here.
At any rate, I've come across SalixOS, and so far I think I like it. It's a direct Slackware derivative, which I find quite interesting because Slackware is the first distro I ever used.
Waaaaay back in the early-to-mid 1990s, my dad sent me a box of 3.5" floppies. On these floppies was Slackware Linux. I don't remember the version, but I think I have most of them kicking around still, so if I felt the need, I might dig them up and see if I can install enough to get a version number from it. What I do remember is that it had kernel version 0.99pl10 on it.
Since my introduction to Linux on Slackware, I've used Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS (professionally and personally), Debian/Devuan, Arch, and Aurora (a Red Hat derivative for use on the Sun SPARC platform), in no particular order.
It's interesting, having to find all the dependencies again and having to re-compile kernels to get something newer than what comes in the box.
Slackware on floppies. (Score:2)
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Too bad slackware is pretty much dying. More than 2 years without a release isn't a good sign.
Looks like you spoke too soon. They just released Slackware 14.2 [slackware.com] (using the 4.4.14 kernel) just a few days ago.
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I'm aware of it, but it doesn't change the fact that it went for almost 3 years with no update, and no official working update software repository, After 2 years of the official repository saying "coming soon", forget it.
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Oh! How can you say that? You're definitely not keeping up [utah.edu] at all. For the whole time updates came along nice and steady, kernels and all. You can make an iso out of the current directory any time you want. In fact, I don't know why they bother with set versions anymore. And then there's Slackbuilds [alienbase.nl] for one stop shopping. Its pkgtool works just fine. It caught every dependency (or at least told me what I needed). And with Slack most programs can be compiled from source with no modifications. Slack is very m
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I don't know. I found everything in the "current" directory during the whole time. What "official" update repo are you talking about? And besides, 2 years of stability while still updating what needs to be updated beats the hell of complete system updates, which usually means formatting and starting from scratch, every three to six months. Slackware's update treadmill runs at a nice leisurely pace, without the silly fixed schedules like the others have, exactly the way I move. "If you want to know when the [slackware.com]
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The update repo has just the updates needed, not the whole distro. It closed down before the last release a few years ago, with the site saying that it was undergoing changes. Never came back.
Not everyone wants to sort through the whole distro to just get the updates, sorted by date.
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Sounds like an interface issue. But then, I'm not familiar with Ubuntu, etc, either. Are they like Windows Update with all the bling? I'll look into it, and see if I can understand what the problem is.
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This has nothing to do with any distro that had a more modern package manager. No automation for YOU [linux.com]. :-) No automatic dependencies either. Unless you use a 3rd-party add-on.
The BSD ports collection is still superior.
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:-) I found your link to confirm the advantages that I speak of...the control and simplicity of Slackware package management is what may in fact make you want to try Slackware.
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Oh, I should mention it's one of the few distros that boots into level 3 out of the box. Very nice!