i mean is a distro not made by a corp stable as in does it last years or do they often fail and vanish?
so i dont install a distro and customize it and all this and fine i need to move my whole digital life to new distro again.
i mean is a distro not made by a corp stable as in does it last years or do they often fail and vanish?
so i dont install a distro and customize it and all this and fine i need to move my whole digital life to new distro again.
“…one dude in rural Minnessota” is there a story here?
Slackware has been maintained by its inventor, Patrick Volkerding, since 1993.
He used to make his living by selling Slackware DVDs.
When that market collapsed, he partnered with an online shop to make money selling Slackware merchandise.
But they fucked him over and he didn’t see any money from them.
So he was forced to move from California back to his original home town in Minnessota to reduce his cost of living.
He still works on Slackware full time, but now he depends entirely on donations.
Aww I didn’t know that. I used Slackware for many years and had the DVD subscription. I got tired of worrying about dependencies and moved to Debian, but I still have a soft spot for Slackware.
I do remember one time Slashdot had an article about a new Slackware release, and he was like, “Do I get first post?” lol What a time that was.