Ming He wrote:

> Madhusudan Singh <spammers-go-here@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>*********Truly,*Slackware*keeps*it*simple.*If*on ly*it*added*something*like
>>*********a*fully
>> functional apt-get package manager, it would be a killer distro.
>>
>>*********With*Debian*replacing*RH*on*my*laptop*a nd*Slackware*replacing*RH
>>*********on*my
>
> Since you used both Slackware and Debian (BTW, what Debian you using?),
> Can you compare those two a bit?
>

I have listed my experiences at
http://www.geocities.com/msdebian/dslaptop.html and
http://www.geocities.com/msdebian/sldesktop.html.

Debian is by far the easier of the two to use. apt-get (as you mention) is
very mature, very easy to use and unless you ignore the broken packages
warnings, very safe to use.

OTOH, do I feel safer with Slackware 10 running on my firewall ? You bet I
do. I installed Slackware because I wanted something current and secure,
and as the old adage goes, ('If you have a serious problem with Linux, find
the nearest Slackware user"), I wanted to learn how it really works. It has
a different init system, and should I ever have to work with FreeBSD in the
future, I will at least know the first few things about it.

Using just one distro can make one over dependent on the tools that that
distro provides (as I was with RH until relatively recently), and miss how
the OS works on the whole.

I have not been disappointed with Slackware in that respect so far.

PHONOGRAPH, n.**An*irritating*toy*that*restores*life*to*dead*n oises.

*---*from*The*Devil's*Dictionary,*Ambrose*Bierce