I disagree. (Score 1)

This makes no sense to me. I agree with a previous poster... Slackware is definately for the tinkerer... It is GREAT (IMHO) because of it's non-dependence on packages... If you want them, use alien to convert them. Otherwise, compile your own stuff... :) It's so much nicer that way. What I don't understand is your comment about it being inherently insecure. Much like all Linuxes (and Unixes), it is only as secure as you make it. Nothing is "secure" by default, until you see to it to patch and update software towards this end. Whether this involves updating RPMS, DEBs, or recompiling tarballs... security is an issue for the sysadmin, not an issue of any particular distribution.

pk