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Slackware is still a thing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Falmarri@lemmy.world to c/slackware@lemmy.ml

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I used slackware decades ago. Didn't know it was still around. Why would I use slackware over something like arch?

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[–] EugeneNine@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No systemd for one thing. Arch is a rolling release but Slackware only updates things when necessary.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are adventurous, you can run slackware-current. It is “not” recommended, but is also pretty stable if you want a bleeding edge Slackware experience.

[–] EugeneNine@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, current is closely the equivalent of a rolling distro. Its still more stable than other OS's which start with a W