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Slackware 12.1: Do-it-Yourself-NUX
May 7, 2008, 20 :15 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5047 reads)

"If there's one thing I've learned from past experience, it's that Slackware fans are a loyal group. To say anything disparaging about their leader is to risk their internet wrath. That's not to say that *all* Slackware users are blind fan-boys; that sub-group just happens to be the most vocal.

"Slackware, like Debian, has a very large and long-lived user base who are quite happy with their choice in distribution. I see these two as lumbering beasts in the Linux landscape: stable but slow to change, with more agile distros dancing about at their feet. I've never been much of an elephant person..."

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To my 12.1 CD set arriving.I love the "i ...   Looking Foreward...   
Howard Pepper
May 7, 2008, 21:58:46
 
I think that because of this Slackware h ...   Not just a hot-rodder's distro   
sc
May 8, 2008, 15:55:21
 
Not much of a reviewer.  Failed to read  ...   READ THE FINE MANUAL   
A Slacker
May 9, 2008, 02:02:06
 
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