OSNews: Get to Know Slackware 9.1

“For almost a week now, I’ve been using Slackware 9.1 (RC-1
released today), and I am literally having a blast. Slackware
doesn’t have more than 6-8% of the Linux market these days, but it
used to be one of the most-used distros back in the day. Today,
many think of Slackware as a true classic, a thought that is often
accompanied by a feeling that Slackware is not a user-friendly or
an uber-modern Linux distribution. There is some truth in that
statement, but there is always the big ‘But…’

“Slackware 9.1 comes in two CDs and it’s Installation is
text-based. People who have used Debian or FreeBSD before they
would find themselves accustomed to the theme. The only snag might
be that the user will need to use the command line and not
extremely user-friendly fdisk application to create partitions for
Slackware. A tip: to avoid problems later, select the ‘full
installation,’ it will save you some headaches along the
way…”

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