Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:34:52 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:29:40 -0400, jayjwa wrote:

> Slackware doesn't use systemd. Let's not forget the OG of the Linux
> world.

Think of Slackware as kind of the “missing link” between an earlier
all-or-nothing installation like SLS, and the later appearance of
full-function package managers (Debian, Red Hat etc). It’s an
interesting historical relic, and fun for wannabe geeks who find
Gentoo or Arch or LFS too much to cope with, but I’m not sure why you
would want to inflict it on ordinary people ...