My Thoughts on Slackware 12.0 | Linux Today

My Thoughts on Slackware 12.0

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 5, 2008

“I had always avoided Slackware because of its reputation for
being very difficult to install and configure. I am not a computer
professional, so possess the knowledge of a typical user. I just
want things to work.

“I decided after a little bit of research to take the plunge. It
is more effort intensive to install Slack than it is many of the
distributions that are designed specifically for Windows refugees,
but there is a great deal of help on the web in the form of
Tutorials and wikis. It took the better part of a day to set up my
system the way I want it to be set up, but after it was done my
computer did EVERYTHING that I expect of a computer…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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