[PLUG] Re: Distro suggestion?

[Rob Carlson <robcarlson@comcast.net>]

Slackware.

You don't have the X-GUI for install (it's straight ncurses), but it 
allows you the most flexiblity to tailor your system the way _you_ 
want.   Because the slackware packages are just tarballs with scripts, 
you don't have to worry about an RPM database when you decide to compile 
something on your own.

I went through 6 distros in about 4 months 3 years ago.  I finally 
loaded a Slackware snapshot and there I've stayed.    Slack is good for 
what it doesn't do-- i.e. assume what settings you need, and what 
programs and services you need running by default.  And if you want to 
run it as a server, it's rock solid and simple (unless you want PAM, and 
that's doable).  It's also the most BSD-like of the linuxes (no SysV 
stuff, i.e. run levels unless you put them there).

So, Slackware is  simple, stable and stays out of your way.  That's why 
I recommend it most highly.

Rob Carlson



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