Question: If VASM isn/t in slackware, where did Vector get it from ? It is a neat feature, indeed !
Question: What is the difference between Vector SOHO and Slackware ?
Answer: Slackware does not include very many config tools by design. Patrick refuses to make it any easier and that is why we make VL.
The base Slackware is very stable and secure. Slackware probably has the least amount of security fixes than anyone else out there and not because he doesn't fix them, but because they don't exist.
I have had conversations with Patrick about some of our tools and he wasn't at all interested in them. He feels that CLI and manual editing is just fine. He is very old-school when it comes to this topic and that is why we still make VL.
Regular VL is smaller than the regular Slack install and includes some handy config tools that Slack doesn't.
VL SOHO is the same size as a full blown Slackware but includes a bunch of apps that Slack doesn't and everything is configured and ready to go.
When you install a Slack package, you are left to configure things for yourself. This is ok for folks that are comfortable with Linux but not for new converts and that is why we pre configure the tough stuff for you.
The "vasm" that you use is the same in both CLI and GUI mode. The script checks whether you are running in GUI mode and uses the appropriate dialog or Xdialog to display the boxes. Robert(vector) created the original incarnation of the tool and I helped refine a few things and added a few features as well. The GUI portion was created by me for SOHO 3.2 and refined even further for VL 4.0.
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