About Zenwalk

I've been a loyal Slackware user for a while now, but I really wished
that it didn't duplicate so much of its software (Seamonkey and
Firefox and Links and Lynx, for example). I also feel that, with all
of the projects I have going on, I don't really have time for the
constant persuasion using a complex, somewhat server oriented distro
like Slackware. Enter Zenwalk. I read about Zenwalk in Linux Format
and it seemed like a pretty good idea, simplifying Slackware and
polishing it up into a good desktop distro.
However, I wondered, and this seemed like a good place to ask, how
much (if any) of Slackware was lost when it was polished up? Does
Zenwalk feel like a well configured desktop installation of Slackware
or does it have its own look and feel? Can you use it the same way you
use Slackware, that is, hand-editing *.conf files and using "./
configure; make && sudo make install" as the package manager?
<asbestos> I'm not bashing Slackware, I love it and it will always
have a place in my heart. </asbestos

Thanks for your time.