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PV is not Dr. Frankenstein but a creative genius. Slackware is alive, look at -current changelog and for those willing to be patient then a new release will be available when ready. PV's decision!
Too many negative replies & threads on this forum as to Slackware creation and continued usefulness. One such; Is Slackware dying?
I have been a Slackware user since PV's first release and will continue use of it.
For informed active users there is no doubt that Slackware will continue to be a active Gnu/Linux and the best UNIX-like system available. We as Slackware users have a great support team and informative fellow Slackware users willing to support the best Gnu/Linux.
I am also a loyal user of Slackware; I started with version 10.0 in 2004. I love the elegant simplicity, security, and robustness of my favourite operating system. I am happy to wait for the release of Slackware 15.0. Slackware is alive and well.
No wonder PV doesn't post much in the threads about Slackware's demise - such threads have been made since as far back as 2001. He probably just rolls his eyes every time a new one crops up. There are quite a lot, and I mean, quite a lot, on and on ad nauseam infinitum.
It don't think the "why did you stop using Slackware" thread was that helpful in retrospect, nor was quietguy47's inebriated trollbait. Things have been a little off here the last few weeks, onebuck, I concur. Some users have too much time on their hands [first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, I know].
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Originally Posted by RadicalDreamer
Shouldn't the "Is Slackware dying"... author [be] banned forever?
He has been.
Last edited by Lysander666; 11-28-2018 at 09:57 AM.
Not in my mind. My own opinion and views as to the issues with points toward Slackware and it's viability as a useful active Gnu/Linux. Separate views and not relative. So I created the thread with that in mind.
I will not argue about my LQ member permissions here.
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