Slackware
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 17, 2025first mention
Sep 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“It is still a great distribution but it is not really active anymore.”
“No Windows. Slackware in a NUC with a debblobbed kernel from Linux-Libre”
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“Slackware is in fact very simple in comparison to other distros.”
“I stick with release because it is extremely stable”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
1 moved from Slackware to Ubuntu
2 moved from Slackware to ManjaroWindows1 comment mention both
2 moved from Windows to Slackware
1 moved from Slackware to Debian
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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Data: slackware.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“asked my buddy to burn a whole bunch of floppies so I could install Slackware”
“my old Slackware kernal 1.2.13 some time. I used it with a 4MiB, 25Mhz 386 DX”
“It is still a great distribution but it is not really active anymore.”
“No Windows. Slackware in a NUC with a debblobbed kernel from Linux-Libre”
“was already on Slackware”
“I switched to Linux (Slackware, Gentoo, Kubuntu, Arch Linux) some 22 years ago.”
“Slackware is in fact very simple in comparison to other distros.”
“I stick with release because it is extremely stable”