text: would slackware linux be a good choice for linux? i wouldn't do anything big with it, i'm just using fedora right now and its just ok, and i want to see if slackware is a good alternative. it looks nice to me from using slax, but im not sure about the full hard drive install of it and how good that is. is slackware a good choice or are there better/other alternatives? slackware is definitely one of the more difficult distros of linux to learn.  it might be best to start with http://www.ubuntu.com .