I can't really choose which is the best but the first I used was 9.1 and I learned a lot from it so...

that's is your problems
in last years i use slackware on desktops too, not only on servers.
and if hardware / resources allow, i choose kde as x manager.
in my early linux days i using slackware for servers generally, and mandrake ( now i'ts mandriva ) for dekstop's.
but in last times i have a situeations, when slackware is better than mandriva on desktops (workstations ) too.
only fat mandrivas pluses - it is have from box most of all needed apps -like an openoffice, lot of videoplayers, scientific apps like a celestia, stellarium, and lot, lot more.
in case of slackware, i must find and install most of this apps.

btw, last big minuses, who i find on slackware - a lilo ( boot manager) is crappy in x32 version.
i try to make an possibility to install os from external usb hdd, and for that reasons i must use Labels instead of /dev/sda1 and so.
i trying, and experimenting - and all not work. after that i searched over google again and again for this problem, and finded, a lilo in 32x version not support labels. in x64 version it is rewrited and work with labels, but in x32, who i read...
it be a very sad. try to write a maintainers, but no reply.
historically i work with lilo, and lilo is more clear and simple for me, than grub, but this lilo problem kill me

which one was the one that came on 40 floppies ?

The best ? uhm :O all are good

i am using Slackware since version 3.5

I was rather fond of 10. There were floppy boot disks still available which allowed me to bootstrap it onto some machines that didn't have (standard) CD drives. IIRC, Slackware 11 also had floppies but the incorporation of HAL (or was it UDEV?) was not so friendly with ancient hardware. Also, the Tukaani project had a nice FTP-enabled version of pkgtool for 10.

Even today, I have a couple of hard drives with Slackware 10 images on them which I will swap into new systems to get the bootstrap process started.

I have been using Slackware since 7.0 (which came with kernel ~2.0.33, I think) and like others, all releases are the best for me. But if I have to pick one, I'll choose 13. It's 64bit!!

for me slackware 12 was the best :>

Slackware 13.0 was the best version released by Pat.

BTW, I found the following link to a x86_64 package of Celestia for Mandrivia which works perfectly on Slackware64 13.1 IF the user also installs gtkglext, ogg, theora, and lua which are readily available. This particular version of Celestia uses the GTK interface. Compiling Celestia has always been a chore so simply converting this package for Mandriva with rpm2tgz is really welcomed.

http://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/ma....1.x86_64.html

Maybe -current would be the closest, but since I don't use -current until it hits at least RC1, my vote is for "the next one".
Regards,
Bill

I think that Slackware 12.2 was the best release so far. The main reason that I don't like 13.x as well is KDE. KDE is much more complicated and the only benefit seems to be that it looks flashier. If all of the previous functionality was there and it was as stable then it would be a better version. Unfortunately KDE is not quite finished and still being redefined.

I've been using Slackware since 3.3 and my favorite version is 12.2 as it was the last with KDE 3.5.

I earlier expressed gratitude for all versions of Slackware. However, I *really* love 13.1 as the new kernel identifies all of the hardware in my Toshiba NB200 netbook.
Thanks for an excellent release, Patrick!

I was never a fan of the KDE 3.x series, but Slackware 12.2 had an air of quality/solidity about it that 13.x currently lacks (and I'm not just speaking about KDE here). There was a lot of new stuff and new versions in 13.1 so it's not surprising that a few niggles have crept in and it'll take a release or two to settle down.

I'm hoping 13.2 will be as good or better than 12.2 was.

Well... since I started with 12.2 and now have 13.1 x86_64 of course, I cant really comment on any previous release... however I suspect that as with all GNU Linux distros its only in recent years due to my slow learning curve and big improvements in the Linux operating system that I can comment on here.

I started with Slackware 10. Slackware 12.2 has been the most stable, solid, and reliable for me.