Agreed; the trouble is that Slack still doesn't have anything as like as good dependency tracking as Debian, and it's also got nowhere near the number of prebuilt packages that Debian has, so if you want something at all unusual (like Osmo for example) you have to guess your way through compiling it along with the packages it depends on.nitehawk wrote:OK,..nitehawk wrote:I recently decided to switch from Slackware (and Slackware-based distros) to just basic Debian. I didn't want to do Debian itself,...(too hard for someone still on dialup, having to download a net-install). And I for SURE didn't want to have to buy all 10 (I think it is now) DVDs.
So I have re-discovered CrunchBang. I've gotten quite hooked on the Openbox desktop,....and the fact that it is basically just Debian. In all fair-ness,...I haven't tired the latest Antix yet (which I may like as well).
I missed the late DreamLinux,...but these two smaller Debian-based distros seem really very nice!
eating my own words!
...got tired of trying to fool with Openbox. Just went back to Slackware 14 (Xfce). It just seems easier,...maybe because I'm used to the combination of setting up Slackware,...and the Xfce desktop environment. Feels more like home. (As far as Puppies,...got one on all my machines.) Gotta use what works for you and on your particular computers, I guess.
I usually end up compromising and running both at the same time (or two distros, one based on each).