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Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking
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I mean sure, but Debian is far more active, relevant, and only like two months younger...
When I started playing around with Linux 25 years ago Debian and APT was a small revolution in how good it worked out of the box.
I tried to get into Red hat and SUSE and I always wanted up in trouble even before I got any Windows manager up and running. Don't get me started on RPM and dependency hell
Debian just worked. I had stuff up n running BEFORE I had to go down the rabbit hole to understand how all things was connected.
For a beginner that was a game changer.
I wish I had known about Debian and apt back then! I spent years distro-hopping because I was so tired of chasing down RPMs in redhat. Like seriously, you can't just tell me everything you need, and grab all those files at once when I try installing a package?
Ugh. I've been a Debian (and derivatives) user since the late '90s, and you're unlocking memories of what chased me away from Red Hat distros back then.
Glad to have been of service! 😆
I disagree with suse. suse was the first distro where I was able to get a laptop working completely without having to download additional drivers.
Debian has a lot of other things going for it - but Slackware still beat it by two months, and Linux wouldn't be the same without it. Worth celebrating! 🎉
You aren't wrong :)
Also, wasn't SUSE Linux originally based on Slackware?
Yup.