Most graphical installers and GUI tools hide the actual configuration
that is going on and often limit the features you can use. If something goes wrong, it can
be hard to debug a problem with most graphical interfaces. The Slackware installer is
menu-based, very flexible, and quite intuitive.
Less bloat??”In general, graphical interfaces consume far more resources than their command-
line counterparts. GUIs require more room on the distribution medium, plus more
hard disk space and more RAM. GUIs also may not run well, or at all, on certain underpowered
or unsupported video cards. Slackware relies primarily on basic Linux commands,
text-based configuration files, and some simple menu-driven administration tools.
Better for low-end computers??”Slackware is the first distribution I recommend to run
on low-end machines. A special ZipSlack distribution (www.slackware.com/zipslack)
can be installed from a 100MB Zip drive or floppy disks. ZipSlack can install on a 386 PC
with as little as 4MB of RAM. Even with the latest Slackware distribution, if you want a
GUI, the installation procedure for Slackware lets you choose small, efficient window
managers, Web browsers, mail clients, and other graphical tools.
Stable and secure??”While other Linux distributions deliver the latest kernel, glibc, and
other critical components of Linux as their default, Slackware opts for more stable, welltested
versions.
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