What do people mainly use Slackware for:
- for desktop applications
- for server applications

I know it can be used for either, but what do people use it mainly for?

Thanks.

There's really no way to tell for sure, people kind of put it wherever they want. Even if you got everyone on LQ to say which they use it for most, that still would only give you data on the subset of Slackware users who are active on this site.

Personally I use it for both, though recently I have been leaning more towards server use than desktop.

I am a regular guy with no formal computer training and I run Slackware on my desktop and laptop. I mainly surf the web, use multimedia programs, and play a few games.
I would venture to guess that most Slackers would use Slackware in this way, even those who also run servers with Slackware.
One of the great things about Slackware is that it does not try to force anything upon you. You are free to use Slackware for anything that you want.

There's already been a long thread with the same subject -I'd suggest looking for and at it as the responses were numerous.

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I did search for similar threads but did not find any. Do you have a link to the said thread?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm about to do the 3rd Edition of my 'Definitive Guide to Theming GRUB2' tutorial and I'm looking at adding at least 3 more desktop OSes to it. I'm keeping away from server OSes because it does not make sense adding those (you probably see the GRUB menu once in a blue moon).

Having just installed 13.37 and successfully installed GRUB2 from Slackbuilds, I realize Slackware can go either way. So if it's mainly used for server apps, I'll simply not include it, but if it's use is mainly as a desktop OS, then I'll definitely add it.

Thanks.

For the novice Slackware excels as a learning tool.

For the experienced Slacker it is anything and everything you want and/or need, as long as you are willing to make it so.

I wouldn't say it is "mainly used for server apps." Many folks use it mainly as a desktop/internet/workstation OS. It's stability and configurability make it great for many purposes.

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It's my desktop OS.

One my laptop I have the BURG bootloader, which has logos for the distributions included, and they've seen fit to include slackware as one of those distributions with its own logo. I suppose that means they expect people to see it.

I mainly use slackware for desktop purposes, certainly.

Here you go:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ckware-836806/

I only found it because I remembered that my friend Lufbery had started the thread... LQ's nice Advanced Search did the rest.

Slackware is my desktop OS.

I applaude your effort, especially for teaching how to configure Grub 2, with all those config files

Personnaly, I stay with Grub legacy, it is not that bad

Well, the main role of slackware has been to keep myself happy really apart from that there is no reason why it is there on almost every computer I have. Sure it is a bit intimadting but then once you understand what you are doing wrong and you correct it there is a feeling of accomplishment that nothing can suprass. And yes, it is also a great desktop .

I thought at first that you meant 'what is the role of Slackware in society?' If that were the question, then the answer must be: to provide a haven for the True Believers so that don't have to be bothered by the Great Unwashed.

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The goal of Slackware is to give you a really simple system.
Slackware can do anything, really. On April i'm going to put Slackware on a Raspberry Pi (yeah, it appears to be possible) to make a simple MAME machine.
NB: simple != easy

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Or as I've been putting it, the role of Slackware is to give you a very stable and well-tested default install, and then make it as easy as possible to add to or change it.