[clug-talk] Distro choice, besides *buntu?

[John Jardine]

I use Slackware/SLAMD64 when I want to create an appliance.  If the box
is never gonna be maintained then it's a candidate.  

My Desktop & laptop don't fall into this category because OpenOffice
upgrades, Firefox upgrades etc.

What does fall into this category are print/webserver/samba servers etc.


On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 13:10 -0600, Joe Shuttleworth wrote:
> On July 19, 2009 06:40:05 am John Jardine wrote:
> > Slackware - Don't use it as a laptop/desktop anymore - used to have it
> > on everything
> 
> On July 19, 2009 05:03:44 am Shawn wrote:
> > I can get my hands dirty with Gentoo, LFS, etc.  But I moved away from 
> > Gentoo because I decided I'd rather spend my time earning a living, 
> > rather than maintaining a desktop.  So, the same would apply in the 
> > Slackware case.  (this is not to say that Gentoo or Slack require a lot 
> > of maintenance, only that in my experience and how *I* use my computer 
> > maintenance was an issue)
> 
> What were the problems as far as using Slackware: maintenance, etc. Can
> you elaborate.
> 
> I'm curious because I have been using Slackware for a couple of years
> (Maybe because I wanted to learn Linux, and curious because I heard about
> Slackware).  I like Slackware, but I wish it would have a way to
> resolve dependencies. Some say that a Package manager that resolves
> dependencies can be a problem (any comments?)  I would also like to try out
> some other distros.  What other distros would you recommend. What are the
> similarities and differences to Slackware?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
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