I have used Ubuntu for almost 4 years, and I love it. However I feel Ubuntu more and more complex. I'm puzzled in so much configuration tools. Linux should be as simple as possible, so I want to use slackware as my main distro. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,

Ubuntu complex? I don't quite agree with you, Ubuntu is one of the easiest 'step in' distros out there I believe. If you want your distro to be as simple as possible, well then you're in for an experience when you're going to install Slackware. Slackware is great, it's one of the best and most stable distros available in my personal opinion. But it's not an easy process to install compared to other 'click next' distros you encounter. One big advantage of Slackware is that it will teach you a lot! And another big advantage of Slackware is that it's extremely well documented and has a great forum right here at LinuxQuestions. Have a look at the following links for documentation.

http://www.slackbook.org/
Alien's Wiki
http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/

Lots more of very decent documentation about Slackware can be found on the internet or in the signature of the devoted Slackware users you can find at the Slackware forum.

Kind regards,

Eric

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I went from Ubuntu 10.04 to Slackware 13.1, I made notes on the installation and configuration, it may help you.

http://techbutlers.co.uk/?p=198

Once you get into Slackware its addictive.

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Well i started on slackware at 8.0 I believe it was, and i struggled with it for some time,,, I tried other distros, and didn't like them. I always ended up going back to slackware. I recently got back into slackware,, got a new computer and an old p4 which was lying around, which I started playing with again. I won't trade slackware. the toughest part is formatting and partitioning drives. If you can get past that, the rest is a matter of reading. if you already have it try this link

http://www.slackware.com/install/

It is the one I started with, and I must say since I started the slackware community is something to write home to mommy about. Ask the right questions and you will get the right answers.

I want to learn more about Linux, OS, and computer, but I find Ubuntu make much more thing to be not visible.

Hi,

If you want to learn more about Linux then you'd do better to use Slackware, Gentoo, or even Linux From Scratch. Ubuntu is doing a lot of stuff different these days. It's like the saying that goes around, if you learn Ubuntu, you'll know Ubuntu but if you learn another distro that's closer to the heart of Linux, like Slackware for example, then you'll learn Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

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Exactly. I have my laptop running Fedora 13 (upgrading to 14 next week), my server running Fedora 11 and openBSD, plus all my other machines, to include Xandros, Slackware, IPCop, and a few more. You are better off learning slackware, IMO.

Cheers, and good luck!

Josh

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Slackware is simple , ubuntu is easy. simplicity != easiest

Yes, you're right. I like linux because I can see how it run deeply. I must make a choice between Ubuntu's easiness and Slackware's briefness.

After having a try of Slackware, i find it's difficult to continue. Of course one reason is I'm a newbie for Slackware. I must learn to use pkginstall and other tools, but that's OK. I like to learn new knowledge. Another reason is I almost cannot access slackware's repository. Here( China ), the network is too slow to download packages( take Gnome for example ). Or I take my habit of Ubuntu to Slackware?!(the habit is: when I want some applications, I just apt-get it, then everything is OK.) Maybe it's difficult to choose between using software and understanding software.