From: nospam.Edmund.Wong@f7083.n153.z1.fidonet.org   
      
    DC> Just for clarification... Slackware is not a rolling release.  Many   
    DC> would consider it the very definition of "stable".  It's also not really   
    DC> a great choice for beginners, since that is sort of the topic of this   
    DC> thread.   
      
   While I didn't start with Slackware as my first 'distro' (I started with SLS),   
   I still think that if you actually take the time, Slackware would   
   be a better distro to learn from.  But that's my $0.02.   
      
   That said, a lot of packages are so 'in tune' (for lack of a better word) with   
   those package-managers, it is a little more difficult to get stuff   
   built.  (Recently, tried to install MongoDB on Slackware 15.0...  it   
   was a pain.  Even with Slackbuilds.org.)   
      
    DC> (long-time and current Slackware user)  ;-)   
      
   Ditto here.   
      
   Ed   
      
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