New Salix User
Posted: 30. Oct 2014, 08:45
I installed Salix early Wednesday morning and I'm impressed so far. I especially appreciate the slapt-get, Gslapt, and Sourcery apps. Gslapt is nice for searching for packages (I prefer the command line for installation, updates, and removal) and Sourcery is awesome in simplifying the build, compilation, and installation of source packages. Slapt-get is nice as it allows me to leverage my apt-get/aptitude skills from my Debian-based distro experiences.
I'm not new to Linux. I've played with Linux off and on since about 1994/1995 and decided to go full time after seeing some of the developer/beta releases of Windows 8. I currently use CrunchBang Linux as my daily OS and enjoy it and the community immensely.
I began looking at Slackware and derivatives because of Debian's decision to use systemd as the default init in the upcoming Jessie release. I experienced systemd a few months ago when I took Antergos Linux for a spin. The boot and shutdown times were crazy quick. However, if you've read the boycottsystemd site, you know there are issues with systemd.
Someone over at the CrunchBang forums mentioned Salix and after doing some research, I thought it would be a good way to get an introduction to the Slackware way of using Linux.
By the way, I'm using Salix Openbox, since that's somewhat similar to CrunchBang. I'm planning on getting rid of the fbpanel and installing the tint2 panel.
I'm not new to Linux. I've played with Linux off and on since about 1994/1995 and decided to go full time after seeing some of the developer/beta releases of Windows 8. I currently use CrunchBang Linux as my daily OS and enjoy it and the community immensely.
I began looking at Slackware and derivatives because of Debian's decision to use systemd as the default init in the upcoming Jessie release. I experienced systemd a few months ago when I took Antergos Linux for a spin. The boot and shutdown times were crazy quick. However, if you've read the boycottsystemd site, you know there are issues with systemd.
Someone over at the CrunchBang forums mentioned Salix and after doing some research, I thought it would be a good way to get an introduction to the Slackware way of using Linux.
By the way, I'm using Salix Openbox, since that's somewhat similar to CrunchBang. I'm planning on getting rid of the fbpanel and installing the tint2 panel.