I've always been a huge fan of Slackware and it's been my primary linux distribution for I'm guessing around 8 years. I'm not sure if I can speak directly to your question, but here's my take on Slackware and its strengths/weaknesses
Slackware does not have a package management system, "slack packs" are just tarballs inside. Slackware has a very limited number of developers, and a lot of content control within those developers. This results in a few things, first it's slow to adapt to new technologies. Second it is extremely stable and tends to have less strange issues. Third it's not real popular, so sometimes getting something to work properly on it can be a one man show (yourself) since typing "getting X to work in Ubuntu" might return results no matter how obscure X is, Slackware doesn't have that luxury. Slackware is very streamlined and generally comes with only what is needed. This means it runs well on old PC's but comes with less overall so you may discover some common software missing. Slackware is close to what I consider "true linux", meaning they do not often deviate from standards. Run levels and the operation of slackware is normally what you would expect, as opposed to some custom concoction slackware has designed for itself to use. That's about it for my generalizations about slackware. I love the distro but it does have its advantages and disadvantages. I would say the biggest disadvantage is the delay it has. I recall going from kernel 2.4 to 2.6 occured many years after other distros were on 2.6. The good news is though, this tends to mean a more stable and well tested system overall. As for Vector Linux, I have no experience. You have me interested though! On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Ross Gregg <[email protected]>wrote: > This is the first Slackware distro I've tried as well. I was mainly > looking for a speedy lightweight distro for some older hardware. OpenMotif > (2.3.3) and libXP (1.0.1) do come up in the package list on VL-7. For some > reason the package manager was the hardest thing to find...but its there - > GSlapt. > > ~Ross > > > On 6/28/2012 12:46 AM, Marshall Davis wrote: > >> The only thing I have run into was getting the Citrix client to work. >> Since it is only available as a binary, it has some pretty stringent >> dependencies, openmotif and libXP were the main ones I had issues getting >> to work. I was running openbox on gentoo, so it may not be an issue on >> slack, that's one of the few major distros I haven't touched. >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Vector Linux and or other Slackware >> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:15:31 -0400 >> From: Ross Gregg <[email protected]> >> To: JaxLUG <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> Anyone know of any gotchas with Vector Linux or any other Slackware >> based distro? I'm trying VL on a virtual box and so far its pretty >> fast. I'm thinking I might replace my Mint install with VL. >> >> Thanks, >> ~Ross >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> Archive >> http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-**list&r=1&w=2<http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2> >> RSS Feed >> http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/maillist.xml<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > Archive > http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-**list&r=1&w=2<http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2> > RSS Feed > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/maillist.xml<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > Unsubscribe [email protected] > >
