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Ask HN: What specs do you have for your Linux PCs, and what distro do you run?

3 points by ajc-sorin 8 years ago · 1 comment · 1 min read


Feel free to expand on why you chose that specific distro/specifications.

pwg 8 years ago

Specs?

Low end: 2Ghz P4 Celeron High end: 2.4Ghz Xeon

With a couple more resting in between.

Distro: Slackware on everything.

Why Slackware? Partly because it is what I started with when SLS was no more, and a lot because it adheres much more to the Unix philosophy than the rest. The adage of "Learn Ubuntu and you know Ubuntu [1], but learn Slackware and you know Unix" is in many ways true.

[1] Substitute any other "hand holding" disto. of choice for Ubuntu if you like.

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