FAREWELL TO AN OLD FRIEND
Throughout the years I distrohopped, SalixOS is one I came back to again and again. Its reliability, ease of use and its beauty appeal to me, still. Therefore, it is with some sadness I see SalixOS is now a "dormant" GNU/Linux distribution (at least according to Distrowatch.com). As such, this may be the last time I will use it before it becomes obsolete. When its parent, Slackware, moves on to version 14.3 (or whatever number is next) this, most likely, will happen.
I make no apologies for being a 'Lazy Slacker.' A 'Debianite' Linux user at heart, I was delighted when the Salix development team came forth with the slapt-get package manager. Harcore Slackware users aside, slapt-get may be this maligned distro's only legacy.
Lessons learned with Salix and two or three Debian Sid-based distros will not soon be forgotten! The various forum communities surrounding such distros helped immeasurably in teaching me what little I know regarding GNU/Linux, today. But I do hope Salix does not become obsolete and die.
Nevertheless, all good things come to pass. What matters is what we are able to pass on to the benefit of others from what was learned. I suggest giving Salix a try before it is too late. You may well learn something worth passing on.
sp331yi
Throughout the years I distrohopped, SalixOS is one I came back to again and again. Its reliability, ease of use and its beauty appeal to me, still. Therefore, it is with some sadness I see SalixOS is now a "dormant" GNU/Linux distribution (at least according to Distrowatch.com). As such, this may be the last time I will use it before it becomes obsolete. When its parent, Slackware, moves on to version 14.3 (or whatever number is next) this, most likely, will happen.
I make no apologies for being a 'Lazy Slacker.' A 'Debianite' Linux user at heart, I was delighted when the Salix development team came forth with the slapt-get package manager. Harcore Slackware users aside, slapt-get may be this maligned distro's only legacy.
Lessons learned with Salix and two or three Debian Sid-based distros will not soon be forgotten! The various forum communities surrounding such distros helped immeasurably in teaching me what little I know regarding GNU/Linux, today. But I do hope Salix does not become obsolete and die.
Nevertheless, all good things come to pass. What matters is what we are able to pass on to the benefit of others from what was learned. I suggest giving Salix a try before it is too late. You may well learn something worth passing on.
sp331yi
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chamaecyparis
(deprecated)
chamaecyparis
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