BitBender: Installing Slackware Linux

“What’s this about ‘friendly?’ You heard that Slackware was too
damned hard, didn’t you? If you are expecting cute graphical
wizards and penguins automating every configuration step for you,
that may be true. However, in essense, Slackware is one of the
simplest distributions there is if you are proficient with a Linux
system. If you aren’t, a little perseverance with Slackware and you
will be.

“The reason it is easy for an experienced user is, first of all
the init scripts and configuration files are easy to follow. They
are generally well commented and it’s easy to make changes using an
ordinary text editor.

“Not only that, you are getting the full, complete, standard
releases of software in this distribution, installed in a sane
manner. The way the developers intended. Therefore, when you go to
install additional software not provided by the distribution
vendor, you don’t run into as many snags…”

Complete
Story