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03.11.2004 · To paraphrase one of the best “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episodes, “Best of Both Worlds“, both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between –what I believe– are the two best Linux distros around today.

Comparison of Slackware vs ArchLabs Linux detailed comparison as of 2020 and their Pros/Cons

Arch is a rolling-release system. Slackware is seen as more conservative in its release cycle, preferring proven stable packages. Arch is more ' ...

When comparing Arch Linux vs Slackware, the Slant community recommends Arch Linux for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux distributions for ...

Mind you i am talking about a time snap of Slackware current when it was quite stable. One of Arch or freeBSD would be my choice if ...

Arch is a rolling release distro which tries to always have the latest versions. That means that it occasionally can break on updates, since ...

BTRFS is used as a base for all current Netgear ReadyNAS models, ... As these distro's are all Linux or BSD based I figured this was about the best forum to ...

Winner: Without Swaret/Checkinstall, Arch Linux is the big winner because it has a larger package selection & dep support. With Swaret/ ...

Slackware uses BSD-style init scripts, whereas Arch uses systemd. · Arch supplies a package management system in pacman which, unlike Slackware's ...

Answer: Slackware and Arch Linux are both community-driven minimalist distributions. Slackware doesn’t have automatic dependency checking when upgrading packages but that is normally never an issue if you do a full installation. Slackware does have a rolling release development branch called Slac...

Winner: Arch. Stability: Slackware is alongside Debian well known for its stability. The packages go to main tree when all bugs are fixed. With packages with bigger bugs fixed that are moved in current release. Current release is something like Slackware testing. But there is Patrick with his criterion for packages.

Arch Linux is ranked 1st while Slackware is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Arch Linux is: Arch's goal of simplicity means there's usually one preferred way to get things done - through organized and well documented configuration files. This focus, combined with the community's recognition that configuration files can be ...

One major difference is that Arch uses a package dependency system, while Slack does not. Slackers don't care for dependencies, which they feel ...

Slackware and Arch Linux are both community-driven minimalist distributions. Slackware doesn't have automatic dependency checking when upgrading packages but ...

Arch has a policy of including the very latest versions of software while Slackware offers older, stable, and tested software; Arch uses a " ...