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by keeler 1092 days ago
> I use Slackware at home.

Slackware was my first distro decades ago, and I have lots of fond memories learning Linux with it. How is it these days? What makes it your distro of choice at home in 2023?
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systems_glitch 1092 days ago
Not OP, but: stable, with up-to-date packages. Configuration and maintenance does not change drastically between versions (there's a paper manual, it's on its second revision).

I can be heads-down on something for months and not run updates, and then run them and they apply fine and don't hose anything.

Long support for releases, both officially and on slackbuids.org

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jmclnx 1092 days ago
Plus, IIRC, Slackware may provide custom support for unsupported releases for a fee.

>If for some reason you are unable to upgrade or handle your own security patches, limited security support may be available for a fee.

From https://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-11.0/ChangeLog.txt

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2b3a51 1091 days ago
From my end user perspective Slackware 15.0 works fine - up to date(ish) packages with what might be described as 'conservative' (old school) administration. For server use it might be best to have a look at the Slackware forum...

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/

and perhaps post a few questions once you have evaluated the basic OS.

Build scripts for software outside of base is at

http://slackbuilds.org/

There are various third party scripts for automating installation for software outside of the base.

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