In Pursuit of Slack (Slackware 15.0)

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Today I will explaining and demonstrating the capabilities and performance of Slackware 15.0. One of my all time favorite linux distros.
Slackware was created in 1993 by Patrick Volkerding. Slackware was based on Softlanding Linux System. Slackware is the oldest surviving linux distros which has served as the baseline for many other linux distributions, including SUSE Linux (although it no longer is).
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@JD-im4wu 2 жыл бұрын

Slackware is a work of art the home-brew of Linux. If there is 1 person's review I'de watch of Slack that would be DJ Ware!

@leediffusion Жыл бұрын

Slackware was one of the my first distributions I started my Linux journey on in the late 90's. My actually first Linux distro was Red Hat 5.0 as it came free on a disc with a Samms "Teach Yourself Linux" book...which I did! IIRC (and my memory isn't playing tricks) I installed Slackware on floppies onto a 486 machine. LILO is very nostalgic!

@jessehorstman Жыл бұрын

It's refreshing to hear from someone who has some experience to share.

@perdonomai8060 Жыл бұрын

I grew up using Slack, missed it! I used to write 2-3 lines command to play a DVD with subtitles! Really sad they loose two guys of their team. Thanks for waking up those beautiful memories!

@ordinaryk 2 жыл бұрын

I first tried out Slackware in the mid-90s. I still remember installing it on a 486DX2-66 with a huge stack of floppy disks. Everything had to be hand-configured, so it was a great way to learn how the "guts" of Linux work. Still is!

@wjack4728

Slackware was my first Linux in 1994, and since I just got my first computer 6 months earlier I had a very hard time getting it setup on my computer. It's still my favorite Linux of all time.

@rcdenis1 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I've been waiting for this one for so long! I knew it was coming! Thank you DJ.

@donaldmickunas8552 2 жыл бұрын

Hey djware,

@dezmondwhitney1208 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this cast my mind back to my days of tinkering with , as a rank amateur , Mandrake Linux and Suse Linux when the distribution came on numerous Installation CDs and LILO was more widespread in its use. Many Thanks DJ.

@emiliejade1910 2 жыл бұрын

More Slackware love.

@ordinosaurs Жыл бұрын

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@mattwilliams1844 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video, I've been strongly considering moving back to Slackware for a while. I never understood much about the way slackpkg worked, I did know that if you weren't careful you could easily bork your system. But the really attractive aspect of Slack is the old-school Unix way of doing things on Linux with out having to go to FreeBSD/OpenBSD. Great video, hope to see more of your knowledge on Slackware in future videos. Also if you do more bench tests, please include Arch :)

@abobader 2 жыл бұрын

I recall first used linux was slackware back in 1992, well done DJ!

@charliekim2939 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I, a 70-some tech retiree, feel like trying a new linux distribution, the first thing I do, after installation, is to compile 'nedit' (or, 'xnedit' these days) without which I feel powerless. Although some (most?) repositories have nedit binaries, the editor is very special to me and I always want to make my own binary. In most (if not all) distributions it takes several 'make' runs due to missing headers. Sometimes it is more difficult than being minor annoyance. Then, I am done with the distribution. Slackware is probably the only distribution which includes (all?) header files along with binaries - including 'motif.' I've been using Slackware since 93 (or 94?) Although 'nedit' is not included in the release packages, I never had any problem compiling it on slackware. I know I am out of touch but I still pine for good old days when computing was fun and I could write/build some software myself. Long live Slackware!

@jdebultra Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, such a fantastic operating system. I've been using it since early 90's. I just sold my version 14 box to someone who wanted to build a DOS retro gaming PC. Moving forward, just finished building a new old stock system for my daily driver (Intel core 2 Quad, BCM mainboard, 8 GB ram, Quadro GPU, 120gb SSD, Silverstone matx case). Will be installing thls sometime this week. It's my first 64 bit system and glad I could repurpose some of my unused, new hardware. I even have an old new in the box Sony LCD monitor. I sold all of my CRT's as well and can't believe what people were willing to pay for them. Thanks again for the informative video.

@wizdude 2 жыл бұрын

I’m an old time slack head - all the way back from the sub 1.0 releases and installed from floppy :-). I’m so happy that Slackware 15 has eventually come to a stable release. Can I ask please - what is the virtualisation manager that I can see running behind the viewer when you were installing Slackware? Many thanks. Cheers :-)

@stevennathaniel6566 Жыл бұрын

the Slackware 15 Live ISO is more easy for a newbie to install it.

@conradtwonine9414

Slackware was indeed my first Linux package, would love to see a video on custom kernel compile process, I remember doing that in 1997, just wondering if its still possible these days with the newest version...great video!