Post something that you do not like about slackware
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nothing at all. maybe the clutch of hobbled media players should be removed from the default install, thereby forcing people to compile and/or install a real one.
I don't like:
The basic philosophy of have no dependency-checking package manager by default.
The approach of starting with a full install and then removing what's not needed. (opposite extreme is Arch, which starts with nothing.)
installation of softwares ....
I don't like installing from "tar" files.
download -> extract -> ./configure -> make -> make install
It's only rarely you would have to do that, anyway. If you can't get a ready made package, or a SlackBuild, then there's src2pkg to help with compilation.
The approach of starting with a full install and then removing what's not needed.
That's not a Slackware approach.
Slackware is a complete operating system consisted of applications which are configured to work together and for the most part, out of the box.
The Slackware approach is do a full install and stay with it.
One thing i dont like about Slackware is that it doesnt have its own forum and it relies on LQ so we have to put up with moderator trolls.
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