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The Arch Guides are very good, well written and detailed. I didn't know about that stripping out of documentation, a bit inconvenient but not an insurmountable problem. Yes, Slackware is hard to beat in a lot of ways.
You got that right, brianL:-) Just on a lark I decided to try Xubuntu 8.04 on one of my Slack boxes. It ran okay, but, left me feeling strangely unclean. I couldn't believe how much swap Xubuntu uses compared to XFce 4.4.2 in Slackware. So that experiment with Xubuntu lasted a very short time. I'm just finishing a re-install of Slackware 12.1 as we speak. I've left a free partition of 10.5 GB on the unit. I think I'll try FreeBSD 7.0 on that partition after I've finished patching this clean install. Slackware rules:-)
The only reason I dislike (too strong a word, really) the *buntus is that I'm inclined to be lazy, need to give myself a gentle shove to make any effort. Ubuntu allows me to take the easy options, Slackware gives me the incentive to make an effort.
I'm going to read the Arch manuals thoroughly before installing, but it will be going on in the near future.
The only reason I dislike (too strong a word, really) the *buntus is that I'm inclined to be lazy, need to give myself a gentle shove to make any effort. Ubuntu allows me to take the easy options, Slackware gives me the incentive to make an effort.
I disagree.
Ubuntu is easy at first, but becomes a pain in the butt the longer you run it (I've lost count of how many times my X was totally messed up after another upgrade). Slackware is a little more work at first, but once properly set up and configured it's ideal for lazy people like myself.
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