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Taking a look at Salix
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> NONE of these distros, including either their parent distro Slackware or Salix, seem likely at this point in time to usurp the high collective-popularity of Ubuntu-based distros
Well, I'd say Debian based distros, but other than that I'd have a hard time arguing the point.
I'd give the credit for that mostly to the wide array of software available for Debian based distros and the ease of installing same.
The quantity of software available for Slackware is underrated since most people ignore Slackbuilds, which with sbopkg becomes an easy to use repository, but it pales in comparison what's available for Debian.
From the article:
> Salix flies on the MicroPC laptop.
One thing people always seem to be amazed by is the sheer speed of Slackware and it's derivatives. Anytime someone tries one for the first time, it's always one of their comments.
Well, I'd say Debian based distros, but other than that I'd have a hard time arguing the point.
I'd give the credit for that mostly to the wide array of software available for Debian based distros and the ease of installing same.
The quantity of software available for Slackware is underrated since most people ignore Slackbuilds, which with sbopkg becomes an easy to use repository, but it pales in comparison what's available for Debian.
From the article:
> Salix flies on the MicroPC laptop.
One thing people always seem to be amazed by is the sheer speed of Slackware and it's derivatives. Anytime someone tries one for the first time, it's always one of their comments.
Aha! Now we know who the "Slackers" are :-)
jdixon: Yeah, I'm kind of amazed at Salix's speed, and it's worth trying the others that vainrveenr lists (oh, and you're right about the Debian thing . . . .).
vainrveenr: Thanks for listing the other Slackware-based distros. I seem to remember years ago not being able to get Zenwalk to run on a laptop, but I'd be glad to give it a try (huge irony, since I was a Zen monk in the '90s).
jdixon: Yeah, I'm kind of amazed at Salix's speed, and it's worth trying the others that vainrveenr lists (oh, and you're right about the Debian thing . . . .).
vainrveenr: Thanks for listing the other Slackware-based distros. I seem to remember years ago not being able to get Zenwalk to run on a laptop, but I'd be glad to give it a try (huge irony, since I was a Zen monk in the '90s).
> Now we know who the "Slackers" are :-)
Guilty as charged. :) There are some others though.
Guilty as charged. :) There are some others though.
/me looks around furtively
Innocent as charged.
Innocent as charged.
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Info on this discontinued distro is at DistroWatch's 'Bonzai Linux' page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bonzai
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Better-known Slackware-based distros that have been actively maintained by developers within the past year are:
- Zenwalk Linux; DistroWatch page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=zenwalk
- Vector Linux; DistroWatch page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=vector
Somewhat less-popular Slackware-based distros that have been also maintained by developers within the past year are:
- Absolute Linux; DistroWatch page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=absolute
- Porteus; DistroWatch page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=porteus
- Kongoni GNU/Linux; DistroWatch page found at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=kongoni
NONE of these distros, including either their parent distro Slackware or Salix, seem likely at this point in time to usurp the high collective-popularity of Ubuntu-based distros such as the *buntus, Linux Mint, Zorin OS, Ultimate Edition, Bodhi Linux, ... etcetera.