Slackware 15 is a throwback to old-school Linux with a modern kick Your email has been sent There are moments when I think, “I miss the old days of Linux when things were a bit more challenging.” I ...

FreeBSD and Slackware are both outstanding OSes. FreeBSD is more UNIX-like, while Slackware is more Linux-like. One is geared for servers, while the other is a bit more general. FreeBSD and Slackware.

Being first doesn’t guarantee success in the technology industry. Remember the Netscape browser? Still, it can have its advantages, such as a different or unique approach to things. Such is the case ...

If you started using GNU/Linux in the last 10 years or so, there’s a very good chance your first distribution was Ubuntu. But despite what you may have heard on some of the elitist Linux message ...

Slackware has been one of my favorite GNU/Linux distributions for a very long time, especially since Version 8.0 came out, many moons back. The reason is that it embodies the "KISS" method of ...

One of the biggest ongoing challenges for Linux advocates has always been that there is such a paucity of data available to demonstrate the preferences of the people who are actually using the free ...

Almost lost in the noise surrounding the release of Ubuntu 11.04, there was a new release of Slackware as well. Arguably the oldest of them all, Slackware is still chugging along very nicely under the ...

10 reasons why you should give Slackware Linux a chance Your email has been sent A lot of Linux users steer clear of Slackware because it's a challenge to administer and use. But Jack Wallen says the ...

Slackware is one of those Linux distros often described as being difficult to use. The Slackware Project version 14.2 released on July 1 does little to change that view — at least, as far as ...

People sometimes ask which distribution to try if they want to learn how Linux works. Common answers are Gentoo, Arch, or Debian. However, I disagree. Each of these distros teach users their ...