Slackware 8.1

Rating:
Summary: Best of the best.
Review: I started with linux by using RedHat... Redhat is a good distor but i kept killing my system. After many installs i learned why. It was the RPM packages. I then used Slackware. Contrary to its name, to get this working there is NO slacking. It invloves learning, and time. Its both a good hobby distro and a good one to use to learn the perticulars for *NIX operating systems. Best of all there are NO pacages everything is packaged in tar or gzip files. All are source. This allows you to customize everything, if you wish. A great distro, it deserves more praise then it typically gets.

Rating:
Summary: Newer version available
Review: Slackware 8.1 is a well respected i386 oriented distribution of Linux; however, as of May 2003, Slackware 9.0 was released and 9.1 is under development. There may be more current releases by the time you read this.

Rating:
Summary: Stable, fast, simple, nothing but linux
Review: This is the only linux distrobution I use. Known for its stability and as the distrobution that mostly resembles Unix and is true to the LHS and FHS I wont put anything else on my computer. Many people say that slack is hard to learn or that no programs exists for linux, but dont let their misguided statements discourage you, I have been running nothing but slackware for a little over a year now, and have never once needed a program that wasnt available for linux, and I do alot of things with my computer. Also, slackware has one of the nicest and easiest installers of all linux distros. If you have tried the other distros, but feel that something is missing, or you arnt learning as much as you'd like, try slackware. Slackware will not hide the operating system from you, in fact it will put it smack dab in your face. Trust me, with slackware, you will learn linux, and learn it well. You have to, or slackware wont do much. But again, thats a good thing, dont let that discourage you. If you want to learn about computer systems and Unix, then slack is the way to go. Also unlike other distros who have fancy schmancy packagemanagers that often end up breaking your distro, slackware has one of the best no hassel package systems. Its package format is simple source files. there is no dependancy checking, so nothing gets broken. A slack system is a beautiful thing.

Rating:
Summary: Stable, fast, simple, nothing but linux
Review: This is the only linux distrobution I use. Known for its stability and as the distrobution that mostly resembles Unix and is true to the LHS and FHS I wont put anything else on my computer. Many people say that slack is hard to learn or that no programs exists for linux, but dont let their misguided statements discourage you, I have been running nothing but slackware for a little over a year now, and have never once needed a program that wasnt available for linux, and I do alot of things with my computer. Also, slackware has one of the nicest and easiest installers of all linux distros. If you have tried the other distros, but feel that something is missing, or you arnt learning as much as you'd like, try slackware. Slackware will not hide the operating system from you, in fact it will put it smack dab in your face. Trust me, with slackware, you will learn linux, and learn it well. You have to, or slackware wont do much. But again, thats a good thing, dont let that discourage you. If you want to learn about computer systems and Unix, then slack is the way to go. Also unlike other distros who have fancy schmancy packagemanagers that often end up breaking your distro, slackware has one of the best no hassel package systems. Its package format is simple source files. there is no dependancy checking, so nothing gets broken. A slack system is a beautiful thing.