Slack Happy (Geek Alert) 1

I’ve known this day was coming for quite a while.

I finally got fed up with the direction in which Ubuntu is heading and replaced it with Slackware on my primary laptop. I started my Linux days with Slackware and it’s still my favorite distro.

I’ve put it off because the laptop has a Broadcom wireless chipset, and Broadcom can be a little tussle to set up; the firmware to use it must often be installed manually (in most cases, in my Linux world, hardware drivers are already in the kernel; having to install drivers separately is almost never necessary).

The machine came with Ubuntu and the wireless worked, so I’ve stuck with Ubuntu out of laziness.

Since I use the Fluxbox window manager, I was able mostly to ignore that Unity monstrosity Ubuntu is touting as the Next Big Thing (it’s not), but the recent update to Ubuntu v. 11.10 caused too many irritations.

The installation gave me a bad moment when it crashed halfway through the first CD, twice, at the same place. I took the CD out, found a fingerprint, wiped it clean, and then it went swimmingly.

So I’m a happy Slacker once more.