dchmelik |
08-23-2014 02:50 AM |
a couple old complimentary sayings/jokes about Slackware compared to other OSes
There is a saying (paraphrased) 'Learn Redhat, and you learn Redhat; learn Slackware and you learn GNU/Linux'.
Some years ago, I had also seen a GNU/Linux or Slackware page that at the end had statements about various distributions at the time, like Slackware, Debian, Redhat or Fedora, Gentoo, etc. It said something like Slackware was oldest & best, and the rest said what each was considered best at, but then said that they actually have to use Slackware for what they are best at--something like, if it was a server distribution, it was not as secure, so the developers actually had to use Slackware for their site's server, or if it was a distribution that developed gcc (sort of like how Redhat was described), it was less stable, so the developers needed to use Slackware's gcc, or if it was a distribution where you could compile everything how you wanted (sort of like how Gentoo was described), it took too long to compile (or had bugs doing so), so the developers needed Slackware to compile their distribution, and so on, for every single major distribution (maybe almost 10 or more). Does anyone remember this, or have it written down or a link? I would just like to read it again, because it would be helpful in discussing with people who do not understand the #1 OS (of course not meant by popularity rather than quality, since what is popular is often actually crass).
As I said before, I used Slackware since 1997, now continually as a desktop for almost 10 years, and there is not much else I would be satisfied with, except maybe the oldest or some of the most oldest BSDs still being developed. However, one day, I do want to try Freeslack more, which is not a distribution, but a documentation project about how to run a completely Free/Libre version of Slackware, like with Linux-Libre... I tried it, and it did not work sufficiently for my video/graphics devices, which is also not something I really want to get into trying non-standard kernels for, or fixing right now, so I will continue to use official Slackware. I am a FSF member, but I still see enough value in Slackware that in recent years, I bought a t-shirt, donated, bought a Slackware DVD subscription. Nevertheless, what was said about the distributions I am asking about, I am sure I can say about all the FSF-approved distributions (from some first-hand experience, and the rest just knowing what they are based on).
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