I'm a beginning sysadmin. the network i administrate is small, and we use a linux machine as firewall, mail and workgroup server. when i began working, there was Mandrake linux on the computer i'm talking about. i had this problem : any other than slackware distribution of linux was irritating me, i didn't know why. when i switched to slakcware, i understood: this is the freedom slackware gives me, even the freedom to make mistakes, sily things, etc. slackware is not for beginners. i think, it's the best linux that can make me a real SysAdmin.