14 people now think that after 20+ years, showing gratitude by saying "I'm off now, but thanks." is not the nice thing to do? I guess that's 202x culture for you: assumption of malice, defensiveness, and the need to silence anyone who chooses/believes differently to you.

Personally, I choose to believe OP was being sincere.

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Well I think I'll try this on my wife - what's better - just run away silently - or tell her - it was nice but farewell - there are so many nice women around.

This is software... a product. It's not a club. If you like it, use it.
For some reason, people like to be vocal about leaving Slackware. As if they are making some kind of statement, and that it's Slackware's fault that they're leaving because Slackware didn't bend to fit their needs.

If he was truly genuine, why not just say goodbye and thanks, without stating where he is going?
Believing that you are unique and having a hyper-inflated sense of self-importance? Yes... that's 202x culture alright.

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I agree with GazL.That people express in a civil manner their feelings when switching to another distribution doesn't hurt me in any way. Live and let live, as they say.

@HalseyTaylor: I wish you the best with your new system.

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Maybe I am overemphasize but per day thousands of people switch their Linux distribution - no need to farewell - it is free choice use or not use. No particular obligation. Nowadays to say thank and farewell is to send donation. But donation hurts pocket while words are cheap.

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lol. " Hey, darling. which do you prefer: "Just slip out the back, Jack", or "No need to be coy, Roy."? "

I'll send flowers to your funeral. ;P

No chance - I would have to sleep for month on couch. Happened once . Don't want to happen again.

Edit: with dedication to OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU

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It might be an issue of identity, like music-taste; with stating one's choices one expresses what sort of person one is; to which group (s)he wants to belong. Whether the group would want to hear it... or reads their thanks is not in their power; it's up to the group.

Leaving an open source distro because it did nothing for open source, well.

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Hm, now my intended Slackware laptop is 3 years old. In that time i went through 3 Win PC's and i maintain an older Manjaro Laptop without display, only for some puppeteer work and mining some coins.
I do not know why, i feel safer using Slackware because my understanding of the processes is getting better and EVERYTHING is fixeable.
The Slackware laptop is the piece of HW where i am doing my taxes, my server work and in fact, a whole lotta things. Somehow the stability of the --current is great. I am no poweruser and do not experiment. Thanks, Slackware community! I hope to be a Slackware user for years to come!

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"Just drop off the key, Lee, and set yourself free."

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Should be obvious by now, it's all about them, not the distro per se, as if people really give a shit.

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Yes. As another Canadian I find that hard to fathom.
CRUX does indeed look interesting. Perhaps I'll try it one day. Best wishes to the OP.

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Some people just love soap-opera...

Three pages for a farewell?

Should have been enough a single post (just to put the the thread out of no-reply list), with a single sentence:

Vaya con Dios!

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