I don't know why your trying to discourage me tho.
I am trying to make you get more familiar with how a Linux system works.
If you try Slackware now, without much idea about what could go wrong if you do something erratically, you're going to move away from linux saying that it does not work or worse.
So, your best bet would be to install an up to date distro which will give you a good experience.
<Install Ubuntu's 11.10 ..(which runs great even on my netbook)... or Fedora 15(with XFCE or some WM..if looking for performance ) ...and you'll be fine for now>