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13.1: A Linux Distro That Gets Out of the Way  Slackware 13.1: A
Linux Distro That Gets Out of the Way  Slackware Linux is still
going strong. The Slackware Linux Project released Slackware
13.1 on May 24th.This is just a little by shy of the 17th
anniversary of Slackware 1.0 and not quite a year after
Slackware 13.0. Delve back into yesteryear with me; you're in
for a treat.  Using Slackware is a little bit like entering a
time warp, back to a simpler time when Linux was not being
backed by billion-dollar companies.  Other distros offer
streamlined GUI installers that leave few decisions to the end
user. Slackware, on the other hand, provides a very basic
installer with text menus that leave most of the decisions up to
the user. In fact, when you boot from the Slackware CD or DVD,
you'll be told to partition the disk yourself with fdisk or
cfdisk and then run setup after partitioning.  The Slack
Experience  Partitioning the hard disk is the most cha