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When I first started with Linux, I bought a Red Hat CD and even had to call support for help. I learned quickly, though, and before long I moved over to Slackware.
Slackware was where Linux really started to click for me. It felt simple, direct, and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system actually worked.
Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially. Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position. That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to Debian.
Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early lessons about Linux.
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] for me. It felt simple, direct,
> and close to the metal in a way that taught you how the system actually
> worked.
>
> Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain commercially.
> Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after the BSDi/Wind
> River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a shaky position.
> That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and eventually moved to
> Debian.
>
> Since then, I have spent a lot of time running Debian and Ubuntu, but
> Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the most important early
> lessons about Linux.
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On Jul 22, 2026 11:21 PM, killswitch wrote:
> [quoted text trimmed to the last 100 words] close to the metal in a way that
> taught you how the system actually
>> worked. Around the Slackware 7 era, things started to feel uncertain
>> commercially. Slackware had been published by Walnut Creek CDROM, but after
>> the BSDi/Wind River changes, the commercial side of Slackware was left in a
>> shaky position. That was around the time I started looking elsewhere and
>> eventually moved to Debian. Since then, I have spent a lot of time running
>> Debian and Ubuntu, but Slackware still deserves credit for teaching me the
>> most important early lessons about Linux.
>
> Debian.. Arch now
I have checked out Yodabytz's Linux distro Cerberix which is Arch based. Arch seems pretty solid but that update system is a little odd.
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