In keeping with its design philosophy, Salix favors lightweightdesktop environments like Xfce and Mate, and there are even release verrsions for FluxBox, OpenBox and ratpoison. The project is summarized tidily in its slogan, “Linux for the Lazy Slacker” - that is, those appreciate the virtues of simplicity but are willing to let the distribution take over some of the maintenance required to keep things that way. Yet, otherwise, Salix meets the expectations, keeping its releases compatible with Slackware, and in general keeping to the Slackware philosophy.
Salix also uses GLSapt, an apt-get like system that resolves dependencies - something that Slackware itself has been philosophically slow to do. , all of which are readily found in Salix.Īdmittedly, Salix compromises by including FireFox and LibreOffice, two decidely unSlackware-like applications that are too popular to omit. To anyone familiar with Slackware, or at least its reputation, this simple fact immediately creates expectations of a more than usually Unix-like operating system, and a preference for simplicity over convenience, and the use of a single small application over a large, all-in-one suite. A case in point is Salix OS, whose Xfce 14.2 version has just been released. However, the schools of Linux can be different enough that one distribution can differ from another so much that they could almost be a different operating system. To modern newcomers, Linux means Linux Mint or Ubuntu - a polished desktop with a few advanced details to differentiate it from any other operating system and a standard set of applications.
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