kitt <kitt@home.net> wrote:
> Hi - been thinking about changing linux distro. I had a look a the
> slackware site, but it seems very 'bare bones' compared to suse, gentoo,
> fedora core etc. Is this OS just for pros? or can it be used by beginner
> home users like me?

Main difference is the packaging system. Other distros break up
packages into many sub-packages, which is the very reason for many of
the dependency problem that you hear about. Whereas, Slackware tends to
have packages as self-contained as possible.

Also, in other distros, you are given choice of "server", "workstation",
etc. installation types. No such concept exists in Slackware. Whether
a machine is server or not, depends on whether or not it runs server
program. That's all. Initial label during installation has nothing to
do with it.

What I do (and recommend) is install everything from the 2-CD set to
harddisk. Then, configure which services (/etc/rc.d/rc.*,
/etc/inetd.conf, etc.) you want enabled.

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