MR_Candyman Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I've been wonderin for a whle now why so many people hate slackware and so many say it's a hard distro to set up and use. I've fond it the second esiest distro I've ever tried (that's a LOT of dstros) to set up and use. Jamd was the easiest (RIP) but even then I still prefer slack. It's installer is straight forward and has different options to choose from depending on your comfort with linux. It's not a graphical installer, but in my opinion it's easier than weeding though a bunch of crappy graphics tring to figure out how to install. Can any of you slack hatrs gie me good reasons why you don't like slack r find it so hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted November 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2004 Sorry, can't help ya, Mr_Candyman, because I love slack. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I don't think anyone hates slack, I just think most people assume it will be difficult to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 umm slack haters are from noobville and the are scared when they cant do anything when there is no mouse on screen. i love slackware i am in damn love with it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 ive never heard of people hating slack :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted November 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2004 I don't hate any Linux distro (including Linspire, which does have some good points for total noobs). I have never tried Slack, but assume it is no more difficult than a Debian install. Who are the 'haters', so we can gang up on them? :shifty: P.S. I don't hate Windows, either, for the record. I just don't use it at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylene Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I hate Slackware becuase every machine I've attempted to install it on never worked properly. The first reboot would always result in a kernel panic. I don't get it, I can install Gentoo blind-folded, but Slackware, it just doesn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiNZ Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 umm slack haters are from noobville and the are scared when they cant do anything when there is no mouse on screen.i love slackware i am in damn love with it . 584915238[/snapback] That is quite a sweeping statement. But anyway for me , I am no way a "noob" ( damm I hate that term) Slackware and Gentoo and such like are just plain to labour intensive. I like a distro that I can get loaded and running in 40 minutes or less. My current distro of choice is Ubuntu ,30 minutes and its running . Make em simple , less is more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Sullivan Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Erm...yeah. For the record, I can get slack up and running easy in 25 minutes. It takes a mere 7 minutes (est. but max) to get Arch up and running from a CD install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 That is quite a sweeping statement. But anyway for me , I am no way a "noob" ( damm I hate that term) Slackware and Gentoo and such like are just plain to labour intensive. I like a distro that I can get loaded and running in 40 minutes or less. My current distro of choice is Ubuntu ,30 minutes and its running . Make em simple , less is more 584916145[/snapback] I don't think I've ever spent more than an hour setting up a slack system, and that was completely customized. You can set one up in less than a half hour on a decent system if you wanted to... Xylene, I've had distros do this before, so I don't doubt slack will do it to you (never seen it happen on slack though) but every other distro it's been because of a driver issue, mainly USB or video drivers causing errors. Every distro does it, all just at different times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 That is quite a sweeping statement. But anyway for me , I am no way a "noob" ( damm I hate that term) Slackware and Gentoo and such like are just plain to labour intensive. I like a distro that I can get loaded and running in 40 minutes or less. My current distro of choice is Ubuntu ,30 minutes and its running . Make em simple , less is more 584916145[/snapback] lol.. ok ok .. i just pushed my sentiments a lil overboard.. but i wasnt serious on noobvile. and if less i more and get it dont quick please is your requirement and u dont see slackware doing it for you , then i suggest u try slax , its a live-cd derivative of slackware, which also can be installed on hard-disk and usb drive. and has all the popular software add-on (modules) on the site. http://slax.linux-live.org/download.php , its just 200 mb download. let us all know. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djmutik1013 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I love Slackware I use it on my Linux Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 lol.. ok ok .. i just pushed my sentiments a lil overboard.. but i wasnt serious on noobvile.and if less i more and get it dont quick please is your requirement and u dont see slackware doing it for you , then i suggest u try slax , its a live-cd derivative of slackware, which also can be installed on hard-disk and usb drive. and has all the popular software add-on (modules) on the site. http://slax.linux-live.org/download.php , its just 200 mb download. let us all know. :) 584917165[/snapback] I tried both Slax 4.2.0 and Slax Popcorn and both of them failed to recognize my keyboard and my wireless adapter (USB). Is there a syntax I can use before running the gui command to get it to recognize my hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 ^ Since i had no issue like this , i dont know . did u post ur query here > http://slax.linux-live.org/forum/ u surely will get answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted November 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 14, 2004 Erm...yeah. For the record, I can get slack up and running easy in 25 minutes. It takes a mere 7 minutes (est. but max) to get Arch up and running from a CD install. 584917105[/snapback] Yeah arch is insanely fast to get setup and running with. It might be the fastest installed OS around, its certainly the fastest install I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylene Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Xylene, I've had distros do this before, so I don't doubt slack will do it to you (never seen it happen on slack though) but every other distro it's been because of a driver issue, mainly USB or video drivers causing errors. Every distro does it, all just at different times 584917107[/snapback] The weird thing was I tried it on a few machines and all of the installs results in that same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 The weird thing was I tried it on a few machines and all of the installs results in that same problem. 584918430[/snapback] hmm...sounds like the install itself is screwing up and not recognising it, so it might have been a media problem with either a bad cd, or a slightl corrupt download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I have never tried Slack, but assume it is no more difficult than a Debian install. Hopefully the installer is a little better, the woody installer is a bit of a bitch, even the old FreeBSD installer is better imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 and if less i more and get it dont quick please is your requirement riiiight.. what was that? :dontgetit: anyway, im gonna go try out this "arch" distro on vmware.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Shenoy Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I dont hate Slackware. I have used it before and loved it. But then gentoo came along, and I had to divorce Slackware for that. Gentoo is so awesome. Ive tried alot of distros including: Redhat9, Fedora 1 and 2, Debian, Knoppix, Suse, Mandrake, Slackware, Damn Small Linux, and Gentoo. I loved them all. I still want to give Arch a try, but I have to wait to fix my desktop. I like gentoo on my laptop, and being in college, I need at least on machine which remains constant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosleep Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Slackware is one of my most favorite distros, that's all I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Well, I am downloading the slack 10 isos right now, so some time tonight I will post what I think of it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3wt Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 [uPDATE] Well the install was easy enough, I upgraded to a 2.6 kernel, installed my nvidia video card drivers, and installed dropline gnome without problem, relatively painless actually. Had to edit text files more than I might have had to with another distro, but thats not a big deal. All in all, a positive experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 1) it's slackware 2) slackware ain't hard to uinstall/use, debian is way harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted November 16, 2004 Author Share Posted November 16, 2004 1) it's slackware2) slackware ain't hard to uinstall/use, debian is way harder 584928869[/snapback] 1) I know how to spell it, if you read the rest of the post it was fine, the keyboard just didn't register it for the title, which you cannot edit.... 2) I agree, I don't find slack hard at all to install or use, I find mandrake and fedora to be the worst actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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