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>>503 (OP) 
Hello slackware dev. What features make slackware the best?

>>506
A full install gives you everything you need to have a productive setup, but the distro also allows for total control over installed software at the same time.
No Soystemd, all package management tools and system services are simple Bash scripts, making it extremely easy to customize how your package manager works and how system services operate.
Rock hard stability, even on the unstable development branch. I'd go so far as to say that Slackware current is more stable than many other distros' dedicated stable versions, like Debian and Ubuntu.
By and far the most traditionally Unix-like of the Linux distros, not using any sort of abstractions over how the system operates, like other distros (namely Ubuntu) do with Systemd and containerized packages OOTB. There's also a dedicated community of third-party package repositories, the most popular of which is SlackBuilds.org (SBo) which offers high-quality community-made build scripts for many packages, in a similar vein to FreeBSD and CRUX ports, and the AUR.

Ultimately, for these reasons (and more), Slackware definitely earns its longevity and pedigree as the oldest actively maintained Linux distro. You can see why I think it's the best :)

>>503 (OP) 
Could you post some images of the OS? I need constant visual stimulation.

>>503 (OP) 
how does it handle gaming?

>>512
>A full install gives you everything you need to have a productive setup
I find this to be a negative in 2025
I can install the packages I actually want in seconds, but now I have to remove the bloat it came with first.

The website even only supports http...

>>536
oh my goooooood RAAAAAAAAAAAAARE

>>527
Well you know, you can choose what package sets you want at install-time. For example, you don't have to have Emacs, or KDE, or anything beyond the absolutely required sets if you don't want to.

>>516
Very admirably once you get multilib setup so you can run Steam. Setting up multilib only requires the installation of two packages, which take care of the rest for you.

>>512
I'm intrigued. I messed around with a clean debian install for an older laptop a few years ago. I wouldn't mind meddling about in slackware.

This is an important thread for me. Can OP, or another faggot of similar percieved skill level, break down partition scheme for me? It's a massive blind spot for me. I'm kinda retarded.
Break it down Barney style. I've wanted slackware for ages, but I just keep fucking it up.

p.s. I love you.

>>503 (OP) 
slackware is the best because you get 90% of the speed of a LFS install for 10% of the effort, plus it has the easiest learning curve when it comes to distros that rely on compiling basically every program that you need. not to mention the backwards compatibility is pretty good compared to arch and shit

>>536
Very good point that makes the project a little awkward to use.

If you're on a system with UEFI enabled, the partition scheme should go like this (assuming your drive is /dev/sda):

/dev/sda1 - EFI partition, only needs to be at most 100MB
/dev/sda2 - swap, any size
/dev/sda3 - root partition
you can add additional partitions for /home, /var, /etc, and whatnot, and Slackware's installer will recognize them.

For a system without UEFI enabled, you only need:

/dev/sda1 - swap, any size
/dev/sda2 - root partition, must be marked as bootable
And any other partitions you'd like to add for additional directories.