why did you choose slackware?
 

as above among all other distros.

* not in my way thanks to the "non-intrusive" concept
* can be overseen due to lean simplicity
* no distributor's way of configuring things
* very classic
* for my purposes: extremely stable
* literally everything I tried just compiles on Slackware
* no distribution style - meaning: READMEs of projects itselves just apply the standard way
* rarely any annoyances
* everything I need, but no clutter
* extremely well prepared for everything I do
* no distributor as a company behind it
* extremely hard to break even with my most awful and stupid experiments
* no strange "red hat gcc" or "suse kernel" or anything like this I stumpled upon over the years
* pure bitchiness on my side: if everyone hypes Ubuntu, I stay suspicious

Slackware for me is like having a small, open, clean and uncluttered living room: It gives me space to do my own thing.

What do you mean by 'choosing', that some people picked up Slackware and refused to touch any other OS anymore? Or that Slackware is the "main" distribution used?

I use a whole range of operating systems (mainly because I'm asked to; I'd rather go fishing or something), at the moment having Slackware on my personal computer. Well, why did I "choose" it..can't really say. I just tried it (more than once before it succeeded, to be honest) and when it started working, I just let it stay -- it's still working, which is fine for me. No big ideological reasons behind this :)

I had got very interested in GNU/Linux and decided to try dual-booting. This was in late 2005. I bought Linux Format magazine, and Slackware 10 or 10.2 was given away with it. So I installed it. I've tried other distros and liked some, but not as much as Slackware. Maybe if I'd started off with Debian, Fedora, or whatever, I'd prefer one of them.

Hi,

PV has really change his ways since 1994! At least the way he signs off. Just keeps on ticking ... !

My reasons for using Slackware are simple. I like it.

Because it's the most like System V (I've been using Unix and Unix-like systems pretty much exclusively since about 1975; GECOS, Multics, Cromix, System 3, System V, Solaris, Slackware).

And, most importantly, it doesn't do things I don't want done to or for me; solid, dependable and it just works.

Why not?

Or more seriously, when I first looked at Linux with no experience whatever, the three distributions that attracted my interest were RedHat, Slackware and Gentoo. At that time:
RedHat seemed too commercial and dominant.
Gentoo seemed too complicated.
Slackware seemed just right. Solid and dependable with the promise of great rewards if you did your homework.

Haven't been able to break the Slack habit since.

Same has su-she !

With Slackware we can apply all tips from the developers as is. No specific modification to config files or default path.

You can get help from xorg or apache (non exhaustive list) without any collateral effect.

Sorry my english is not very good.

KISS sums it up.

One of Su-Shee's reasons covers it: "pure bitchiness on my side: if everyone hypes Ubuntu, I stay suspicious."

Also, the Slackware way of doing things seems more intuitive to me than other flavors. Sometimes I may have to think and work slightly more in the short term, but I prefer that to a zillion mouse clicks.

Edit: Since I've been using Slackware, the advantages I see over, say, Debian and Fedora on my system are in its memory usage. Apps open in Slackware use significantly less RAM than the same apps in Debian and Fedora, and the Firefox memory leak is less of a problem.

Although I have plenty of RAM, anyway, this has impressed me to the extent that I no longer use anything else.

I've used a number of distros and many of them have features that are interesting, but I always come back to the "nothing special, Zen quality" of Slackware. There's no overhead in Slackware, it runs, stable as hell, on and on.
Perfection!
Thank you PV for your tireless work:-)

Why do I run Slackware? Simple, because it's slackware.

To quote hitest, the "nothing special, Zen quality of Slackware". It is Slackware's simplicity that I really like.

I chose it because I wanted to learn Linux and all roads lead me to Slackware for that purpose. I have tried and used many other distributions, but only 2 will remain on my computers: Slackware and Ubuntu. If Ubuntu loses support, which I hope it doesn't, then it will be replaced by Debian.

I tried out some other distros for about a year. When I finally returned to Slackware it felt good. Like when you've been out for a couple of days and the feeling you get when you're back home.