I dislike user-friendly distros like Suse because it is difficult to see what is going on with the system, that is, processes are hidden behind GUIs. Everything is great if you're clicking next, next and the process works. If things get FUBARED in Suse then you need to go in and manually fix stuff anyway. In my opinion with Slackware if you have a PEBKAC moment you can more easily back-track and figure out what happened. I prefer the simple, logical design of Slackware.

I use both openSUSE and Slackware. openSUSE is easy to install and generally works out of the box, including wireless. Slackware has a steep learning curve, but is great for learning the nuts and bolts of Linux. Slackware is also faster, possibly because of fewer daemons.

Depends on what you want to do. If you want to learn Linux, choose Slackware.

Or dual boot? Then, depending on your mood, you can choose the easy Suse, or the slightly-steeper-learning-curve-but-not-too-difficult Slackware.

I'll strongly agree with sycamorex in post #5 above. I started several years ago with Linux
..of course with the various 'buntu flavors. As I progressed the desire to really get under the hood and be the sole driving force behind my systems upkeep led me to Slackware. I've never been happier with a distro. It is solid, simple,pretty much bullet proof and worth all of the learning curve..

Thanks for all the comments. I'm pretty sure I am going to give it a try and see what develops.

You ask if Slackware is as intuitive as Suse. Short answer:
No where near it.

If you are totally new to Linux, I have a suggestion:

Install Suse or another "Click and run" distro (Ubuntu, Mandriva, etc,) so you'll get things going in no time, and without any hassle what so ever. (in most cases.)

Then, download VirtualBox, and install Slackware on a virtual machine, and work with it for some months, read books and participate in forums and on IRC. Slack takes some getting used to.

I've been using Linux for about ten years or so, and what I can tell you is that the more "intuitive" a distro is, will over time change to something more of the word "convoluted", and out of the users control.
That is a real bummer, I can tell you that.

There is a tool for everything, in those GUI distros, but all that they do is modify configuration files in the background and do all sorts of stuff, without you knowing what the heck is going on.
So bottom line is that you don't learn much by using distro's like (especially) Suse. Slackware is, and will probably always stay the most "Unix like" distro, and that is what Linux is all about.

I've used commercial distros for servers at work (RHEL and SLES) and also helped a large number of individuals with configuring Ubuntu's and other distros. I've also used FreeBSD and Solaris for setting up corporate server environments.

What you get from really learning Slackware is worth more than any Redhat Certification or anything like that. I would compare it to a person working on a gas station changing oil for a living, (the Suse user) with the mechanic, that could change the whole engine or repairing the transmission system. (the Slacker). If you get my point.

So be patient, read, learn, crash your system (the virtual one), try to fix it etc. After maybe a year or so, you'll know more than any of your Ubuntu friends, and would just xterm into a SSH connection and fix their problems.