I have 5 physical computers running by me as I type this (near as in within 2 meters from my head). All but one are running Slackware (the outlier is my work laptop that is a Mac). One of the Slackware machines is running a VM with a later version of Slackware that I'm using as a slackbuilds.org build server for those packages that I'll need when 15.0 gets released.

2 of those machines can boot into Windows 10 when I feel the need to run certain games via Steam.

I've been using Slackware at home since 1996. I've been exposed to (and have to use) both Centos and Ubuntu at work over the years. They are ok for what they are, but I have had no interest in using them outside of a Raspberry PI4 that's in the next room and not part of the computer count. That machine is running Ubuntu because I was using it as Kodi server and didn't care to spend the effort to port all of that to Slackware.

Slackware in LQ has a rather helpful community; I believe that I can say that the community expects the people whom we attempt to help to put some effort into helping us to solve the problem they present to us.

https://www.remembertheusers.com/202...ackware-6.html indicates that person is still a Slackware user.

I use Slackware ARM mainly on the Raspberry Pi devices and predominantly on CLI, and rarely in a desktop environment. I like to compile and build software/packages from source code and Slackware makes it easy and relatively simple to achieve that compared to other Linux distributions.

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Are you using Slackware linux / Slackware64 (on PCs)?

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I continue to use it after many years because: it works, is easy to understand, dependable, stays true to its roots, does not try to be something it's not---but leaves room for you to make it what you want, doesn't run after "new advances", many other things, also the community. Even with our occasional skirmishes, its still the best community in the Linux fora (IMO).

Desktop & laptops. Slackware suits me better than any other distro I've tried. Use it for what could be best described as messing about on computers. It's got everything I need or might need.

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Projects completely made on Slackware and free open source tools:

Custom mechanical keyboard TKM2021
Custom mechanical keyboard OrthDIY

From CAD/CAM in KiCAD to presentation in (recent) Blender3D and running a Diode laser cutter thru commercial Lightburn suite all on Slackware.

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I've used Slackware for Telco carrier grade and enterprise grade services. Slackware is a rock solid distribution where high availability and uptime are important.