[Lilux-help] Debain Vs. Slackware

[Mike Pressel]

Hi gang!  Can anyone give me  a comparison between Debian and Slackware?  I 
used slackware back in 94, but it was very primitive at the time (I think it 
was something like kernel 0.8 or something stupid like that).  Since then I 
have tried SuSE, Fedora Core, and Debian.  So far, I am most happy with 
Debian, as upgrades are a snap and once you initially set it up, the system 
just works without any tweaking.   My only problem with Debian is the 
technology lag.

Recently I installed Fedora Core 3 on my wife's PC and have had a load of 
problems with it since.  Kmail doesn't properly link to openoffice, firefox 
opens external links as a file in the tmp directory blah blah blah.   

I am VERY happy with my Debian system, but I don't think that it would be wise 
for me to run Sid on my wife's PC without being around to help fix problems.

So, basically, I guess what I am asking is 1) how difficult is it to manage a 
slackware based system?  2) are upgrades a problem? 3) how quickly does 
slackware upgrade its software?

Any comments would be helpful, especially if you have run both systems.

Thanks
Mike