Re: Distros: The Gourmet Food Of GNU/Linux

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:12:55 +0100
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A little, after lunch
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 04/08/2026 06:26, Stanislav N. aka pztrn wrote:
> 04.08.2026 06:25, Leroy H wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:34:52 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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 ...
>>>
>>
>> Do not ever include that pile-of-garbage ArchLinux with the
>> venerable Gentoo and LFS.
>>
>> We do thank you.
>>
> Why Arch is a pile-of-garbage?
> 
BECAUSE HUMPTY DUMPTY SAYS IT IS.


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