Who here uses Slackware or its derivatives? I'm been playing around with Salix and it's quite straightforward. I'm interested to jump straight into Slackware but I'm worried it may be a bit too difficult but I want to learn it. However, the twist is that I only have about three weeks to get totally comfortable with it because I'm starting my PhD soon.
Why do I want to move to it? I have been curious about SW for years, ever since my brother, a Unix whizz, told me used it back in the early 2000s. I never thought I'd get into Linux at all but I started with Ubuntu in Feb and have been with Debian stable since April. Slackware has always fascinated me, and with Salix being quite straightforward I think the jump could possibly be made.
Thoughts and experiences?
Got Salix on a VM with the intent of dabbing it once in a while. If it does everything right and most things I can otherwise do on Windows, I might install it alongside Windows.
Would otherwise use Slackware but the installer is just too user unfriendly. It's not difficult, but you have to do a lot of manual planning and actions. Salix is much better, though I don't think there's any Linux that installs as nice and easy as Windows Vista/Windows 7.