Slackware 15.0 review by OTB

glorsplitz · 02-05-2022, 08:25 PM

I use only slackware, why is this? see daemonpenguin

package management? "that which shall not be named"? eye candy? gui installer?

like what's so cool about (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, etc)?

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daemonpenguin
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The funny thing is that the quote is sort of backwards now. It was true in the 90s, but now Slackware is the odd one out. Most other mainstream distros (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, etc) work about the same as each other. Slackware is the one that's different from everyone else now.

If you want someone who knows Slackware, hire the person who uses Slackware. If you want someone who knows Linux, hire the person who runs anything else.

Gordie · 02-05-2022, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by hitest

OTB produced a review of Slackware 15.0 on Youtube. He's a member here at LQ and a Slacker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoP9xnh4jI

I liked OTB's video review so much I subscribed.
Old Tech Bloke you made me chuckle. I expected Out of The Box.
How come you can do such an involved review and not miss a thing as far as I can see.

Bravo and thanks hitest for the link

chrisretusn · 02-06-2022, 01:58 AM

Logged to YouTube just to give you a thumbs up. Great video. After all these years I never though once to adduser before the reboot after the install.

Guess what I am thinking now.

OTB · 02-06-2022, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gordie

I liked OTB's video review so much I subscribed.
Old Tech Bloke you made me chuckle. I expected Out of The Box.
How come you can do such an involved review and not miss a thing as far as I can see.

Bravo and thanks hitest for the link

Thanks and appreciate it. It was actually way longer before I edited it. I started talking about sbotools and slackpkg+ and had to cut those bits out :-)

OTB · 02-06-2022, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisretusn

Logged to YouTube just to give you a thumbs up. Great video. After all these years I never though once to adduser before the reboot after the install.

Guess what I am thinking now.

It just seems to make sense as I’m in a chroot environment anyway

mknix · 02-06-2022, 03:48 AM

I'm also watching it right now, thanks OTB.

GazL · 02-06-2022, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by OTB

It just seems to make sense as I’m in a chroot environment anyway

Speaking of which, if you chroot /mnt /bin/bash -l, you won't need to source /etc/profile inside your chroot env and can save yourself a step.

MDKDIO · 02-06-2022, 04:12 AM

Thanks OTB! Brilliant video, even learned a few new things

kjhambrick · 02-06-2022, 04:16 AM

Thanks OTB !

Always enjoy your 'stuff' !!

And Welcome to LQ !!!

-- kjh

knet · 02-06-2022, 04:20 AM

Thanks OTB

keithpeter · 02-06-2022, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by glorsplitz

I use only slackware, why is this? see daemonpenguin

package management? "that which shall not be named"? eye candy? gui installer?

like what's so cool about (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, etc)?

I think that the reddit poster is saying that if someone wants a job in systems admin with a large company, they would be better off learning one of the common 'enterprise' distributions such as RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES, and its true that those server oriented operating systems are converging to some extent.

Of course, then the person also needs to learn about containers, and about automatic administration tools, and about virtualisation. I think that the way large enterprise systems work is really quite different now to simply the choice of a distribution to the extent that learning an OS won't be that crucial. Its many layers of stuff on top of each other. I'm also not sure about how many jobs exist at the systems admin level these days.

I'd also point to other 'odd one out' distros such as void, crux, alpine (and probably more) exist and appear to be sustainable. Its an ecosystem with a lot of niches.

Back on topic: I'm watching the OTB now! Is OTB from Manchester or environs?

chrisretusn · 02-06-2022, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by OTB

It just seems to make sense as I’m in a chroot environment anyway

It make sense even if your not in a chroot environment already. It's nothing to get there and you are ready to log in as a user after the first reboot. Make perfect sense.

OTB · 02-06-2022, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by keithpeter

I think that the reddit poster is saying that if someone wants a job in systems admin with a large company, they would be better off learning one of the common 'enterprise' distributions such as RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES, and its true that those server oriented operating systems are converging to some extent.

Of course, then the person also needs to learn about containers, and about automatic administration tools, and about virtualisation. I think that way large enterprise systems work is really quite different now to simply the choice of a distribution to the extent that learning an OS won't be that crucial. Its many layers of stuff on top of each other. I'm also not sure about how many jobs exist at the systems admin level these days.

I'd also point to other 'odd one out' distros such as void, crux, alpine (and probably more) exist and appear to be sustainable. Its an ecosystem with a lot of niches.

Back on topic: I'm watching the OTB now! Is OTB from Manchester or environs?

Born on the Wirral, moved to South Manchester, lived in Coventry then for more than 20 years and now up in Lancashire

carriunix · 02-06-2022, 09:38 AM

Thank you, OTB. Great video, indeed.

You almost convinced me to use grub, but i am a elilo guy. Maybe in next release.

Thanks, hitest, for the suggestion.

keithpeter · 02-06-2022, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by OTB

Born on the Wirral, moved to South Manchester, lived in Coventry then for more than 20 years and now up in Lancashire

Small world: New Brighton lad here. Coventry/Kenilworth then Birmingham for past 40 years. Was thinking Chester/Staffordshire but then there was something else with the vowels.

Seriously: nice production.