Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 24, 2005 01:10 AM
I don't like the overtly user-friendly distros. I think something is lost when you switch to doing everything in a GUI (namely the hobby aspect). For me, Slackware is king.
It's small, tight, easy to manage, and secure. Also it runs faster than almost any other Unix, except maybe Gentoo, but I'm not that big a gearhead (yet). Gentoo guys drive a totally tricked-out rice burner with superchargers and nitrous; I drive a '69 Mustang Mach 1 with a rebuilt engine. We're both happy, though.
(The user-friendly distros are BMW's and Volkswagens, which are great cars -- but they don't attract the wrench and pliers crowd.)
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Re:I know exactly what you mean
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 24, 2005 01:10 AMIt's small, tight, easy to manage, and secure. Also it runs faster than almost any other Unix, except maybe Gentoo, but I'm not that big a gearhead (yet). Gentoo guys drive a totally tricked-out rice burner with superchargers and nitrous; I drive a '69 Mustang Mach 1 with a rebuilt engine. We're both happy, though.
(The user-friendly distros are BMW's and Volkswagens, which are great cars -- but they don't attract the wrench and pliers crowd.)
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