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This question is subjective. Slackware is cool if you like to know how things work. It doesn't hide a lot of things that other distros automate for you.

So, in a sense, it has the advantage of keeping it simple and, thus, being a better platform for learning how Linux works.

It also offers an environment that resembles more a BSD system. So, if you like those systems, but cannot run those, maybe it is a better alternative than, say, Ubunto or Redhat (from a user perspective of course).

update: typo



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