Slackware - was: Speeding up KDE -- More Help Needed

[Dexter Filmore]

> Wow, is there that big of a difference between slackware and Ubuntu ?
>
> I've always thought about trying it, what are some of the main
> differences between Slack and Ubuntu ? How long does it take to get to
> a stable setup ?

An hour or so I'd guess, but beware tho: Slackware strictly follows the "KISS" 
principle, it's very trimmed down and as basic as possible, it's hardly more 
than an LFS with a package manager.
Main advantage: total control, you absolutely know what's going on beneath the 
hood, fast, slim system, small footprint, *very* stable, very secure.
Main disadvantages: you turn into a full time console jockey and compile more 
stuff manually than a gentoo fanboi because there's not really an awful lot 
of packages in Slackware.
It's still good for servers imo tho it doesn't support installing on LVM/RAID 
directly. 

Dex


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