Should I choose Slackware or Arch as my first distro?

Allan · 2008-09-10 09:12:15

smakked wrote:

If you really want to learn the ins and out i suggest LFS http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ i am giving it a go now and it is an awesome learning tool. But you will need a spare machine to set it up on.

LFS is where I came from to Arch. You will learn stuff if you just don't follow the instructions and blindly compile stuff but actually read them and follow why you need each program. But if you want a system that has a desktop, package manager, etc, then stick with something else.

X/ax · 2008-09-10 09:47:37

Allan wrote:

smakked wrote:
If you really want to learn the ins and out i suggest LFS http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ i am giving it a go now and it is an awesome learning tool. But you will need a spare machine to set it up on.
LFS is where I came from to Arch. You will learn stuff if you just don't follow the instructions and blindly compile stuff but actually read them and follow why you need each program. But if you want a system that has a desktop, package manager, etc, then stick with something else.

Similar to installing gentoo manually. It's a bonebreaker, and it takes ages, but you get to learn a whole bunch of what makes linux linux...

Arkane · 2008-09-10 11:21:33

atriya wrote:

Here's the link:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ro-668575/

Thanks for that, I'm pretty curious about Slack myself.

Misfit138 · 2008-09-10 12:28:22

An undeniable truth is that Arch users tend to remain more objective than any other users.
Arch users are typically enthusiastic without devolving into fanboyism. It is hard to believe how many users of other distributions adopt such childish fanaticism and pride in using what they consider to be a '1337 distro'.
It never ceases to amaze or annoy me.

dhave · 2008-09-10 13:04:40

Misfit138 wrote:

An undeniable truth is that Arch users tend to remain more objective than any other users.

Except maybe when we're talking about how Arch users are more objective than users of other distros.

Arch users are typically enthusiastic without devolving into fanboyism. It is hard to believe how many users of other distributions adopt such childish fanaticism and pride in using what they consider to be a '1337 distro'.
It never ceases to amaze or annoy me.

I agree with you. I do find the relative objectivity of Arch users very refreshing, and I almost never run across the "Arch is the only distro worth anything; the others are crud" sentiment.

lucke · 2008-09-10 13:09:38

Archers don't need to tumble into fanboyism, they just know that Arch is the best.

;-)

Misfit138 · 2008-09-10 13:27:11

dhave wrote:

Misfit138 wrote:
An undeniable truth is that Arch users tend to remain more objective than any other users.
Except maybe when we're talking about how Arch users are more objective than users of other distros.

Ha!
Touche'

Arkane · 2008-09-10 13:47:36

Guess boasting about how you never boast is a pretty bad idea from the get go.

P.S. <Frenchie inside>: Did that sentence actually mean anything?

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dhave · 2008-09-10 15:17:14

Arkane wrote:

Guess boasting about how you never boast is a pretty bad idea from the get go.
P.S. <Frenchie inside>: Did that sentence actually mean anything?

If you're asking about your sentence, "Guess boasting ...", it's absolutely perfect colloquial American English. The only way that sentence could be distinguished from one written by most native speakers is that everything is spelled correctly.

atriya · 2008-09-12 17:18:22

Well, thanks for all your advice. I've decided to start with SLACKWARE, though I'll certainly give Arch a try sometime later.

KimTjik · 2008-09-12 18:16:29

Good luck and be a good slacker!

cwjiof · 2008-09-28 17:26:09

smakked wrote:

If you really want to learn the linux and i suggest LFS.

I agree with smakked.

However, I don't think it's necessary, and you can refer to the Wiki: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … _Slackware

Last edited by cwjiof (2008-09-28 17:29:37)

cardinals_fan · 2008-09-29 04:23:44

Slackware and Arch are my two favorite distros. I'm still not sure which one I prefer for daily usage

In my opinion, Slack is a better learning experience. Arch is an awesome distro, but it's pretty easy. I didn't learn much from it. Slackware, on the other hand, taught me everything I know about Linux. And it's rock-solid

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