Slackware is alright, it's A little complicated... that's what I found
I always say the Same thing to anyone who is going to be learning linux Start with a nice Simple Distro First like Ubuntu and then move your way up to slackware.
Ubuntu is A nice Simple non cluttered distro with only the Basics great Accessability, to apps cause it's not clutterd and very easy to use.
It's great, I'll be switching back to ubuntu as soon as I can be bothered to reload it onto my New machine (had it on the Old PII 350)
Another peice of advice, read all you can about your chosen distro, learn about it dream about it live it, love it. Don't get discouraged and give up on Linux Like I did, prepare yourself first
Jake