hi, been using mdk 8.2, 9.0, redhat 9, and dunno if its me or not. i think they are quite buggy, specially mdk.

i'm thinking to switch to other distro, currently i'm thinking about slackware. (i'm not geek enough to go for debian)

got any suggestions / books can recommand for me to read?
i heard in slack, i won't have to deal with rpm, i hope installing from source will be easier in slack then in mdk or redhat.

your input will be greatly appreicate

Rather than just reading about it, I'd say to go ahead, install it and give it a go. I don't think you'll be disappointed. That being said I totally agree with Azmeen that the Slack book is the best place to start. Also, you are correct that you won't need to deal with rpm's in Slack although if you are under the impression that you _must_ install from source in Slack, or can _only_ install from source, that is incorrect. (Your question seems like it can be interpreted a couple of different ways) The default package format is tgz in Slack, which I consider to be pretty easy to use. -- J.W.

I started 2 years ago with Caldera(don't hit me it was before the legal mess) then I went to SUSE/RH/Turbo/ Vecter/BSD. But Slack 9.1 has been by far the best distro I have worked with. Also the support I have found on this site has been great, I haven't posted much because all my answers are in previous threads.

I say get your hands dirty with Slack. Because the month I have been running 9.1 has taught me more about Linux and how to tweak my system than the 2 years running "big/stable/safe" distros.

But that is my 2 cents.

Sincerely,

Daniel Allan

"Because the month I have been running 9.1 has taught me more about Linux and how to tweak my system than the 2 years running "big/stable/safe" distros"

AMEN!!!

if i had wanted a large, user freindly, proprietary, operating system, I would have gotten windows XP, I guess thats why redhat disapointed me so much, slackware is so nice cause your forced to do things the hard way (aka; the right way. aka; the way that lets you learn whats actually hapening)

Slackware Linux Unleashed is a good book to start with
but if you want to really understand the process, than just dive into it.
read the man pages and HOWTO-s, you'll be able to solve most of your problems
using the info published there.
good luck!

castor