Slackware 9.0

[Ammiel]

Slackware 9 is great for an intermediate Linux user looking for stability, and is definitely for someone who likes to manually make sure his Linux system is in sync. If your on a network, you will have to do some work at the command line to get the connection running, but after that, it seems to run like any great distrobution should. I recommend it towards those users who want to learn about their system, has a friend that knows a lot about configuration, or one who knows he/she can configure it by him/herself.

[TRN]

How good is upgrading application on it? Would you recommend it for someone who likes to keep the latest software on their desktop?

FWIW --- Slackware was my first stab at Linux --- from the book Using Linux. I can't even remember what it looked like !

If you want to keep it up to Current, use swaret.

http://swaret.xbone.be/

cybrjackle

I just go into ftp and check if the packages are updated, download if needed and then use upgradepkg to install... I'll check out swaret though..

[Ammiel]

The above post was by me, anyways, I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner, but I would recommend it for someone who likes to moderate their system.

[EDIT]: cybrjackie: swaret does make it a lot easier :)

Slackware is pretty active, and though their default way to update isn't that great, swaret makes it a lot easier.