Re: Debian, Arch or Gentoo?

From: Jeff (jeff_at_falsepart.com)
Date: 07/04/05 

Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 21:13:30 -0400

In news:slrndcgm8a.sdn.me@sealab.socal.rr.com,
Justin <me@privacy.net> typed:
| | Slackware is my distribution of choice; it was my first distribution
| | ever--I tried lots of others after a fashion, but always returned to
| | Slackware: its simplicity and maturity are unparalleled in the Linux
| | world.
| |
| | (Oh, and Debian is nice: it's mature and down-to-earth, apt is
| | great--IMO, Deb and Slack are the two best distributions out there.)

What do you like about Slack over the others and is it appropriate for a
newbie? 

-- 
Jeff Stevens
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam
jeff@stevens.com

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