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mcnalu wrote a article about Slackware in Linux Voice, Issue 6.
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<img src="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1660_img.png" alt="tux smokes a pipe with the hpr logo" />
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<a href="https://www.linuxvoice.com/issue-6/">https://www.linuxvoice.com/issue-6/</a>
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Beni read this article which lead to him trying out Slackware and being very
impressed by its simplicity.
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That's why he asked mcnalu to do a HPR episode about Slackware, which is
probably the oldest Linux Distro that's still around and whose developer follows
a no-nonsense strategy and is very conservative when it comes switching to new
stuff that comes up in the Linux world (like PAM or systemd)
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The distro is one of the if not the most Unix-like Linux distro. It uses a BSD
style init system instead of widely used sysvinit.
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Beni and mcnalu talk about the installation process, finding dokumentation and
why the website is outdated.
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Further they discuss the package manager and what it means that it doesn't
resolve dependencies. They also explain why this isn't necessariliy a bad
thing and where to find binary packages.
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In the end they talk about where the Slackware community meets and who is in
charge of Slackware.
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<a href="https://www.slackware.com/">https://www.slackware.com/</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware</a>
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Slackware documentation isn't as good the BSDs dokumentation or the Arch
Wiki. But it's definitely getting better
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<a href="https://docs.slackware.com/">https://docs.slackware.com/</a>
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and there is also 'Slackware essentials', a book that's also available online:
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<a href="https://www.slackware.com/book/">https://www.slackware.com/book/</a>
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The Slackware forum on Linux Questions is pretty much the official Slackware
forum:
<a href="https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/">https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/</a>
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mcnalu announced his Article in the Linux Questions forum:
<a href="https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/linux-voice-issue-6-a-4175513762/">https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/linux-voice-issue-6-a-4175513762/</a>
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To support the development of Slackware you could buy yourself a Christmas
present from the Slackware store:
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<a href="https://store.slackware.com">https://store.slackware.com</a>
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