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Slackware 9 Unleashed to World

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bob-dobbs-and-patrick-v dept.

kiltedtaco writes "Slackware Linux 9.0 is out! Based on gcc 3.2, and equipped with kernel 2.4.20 (ptrace-patched), XFree86 4.3, GNOME 2.2 and KDE 3.1. You can read the full announcement, or just go grab a copy for yourself at either the Slackware Store or these lovely mirrors." I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack when trying Linux. It's cool to see that it's still around.

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  1. About time you printed this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    It was announced officially the day before yesterday.

    I was beginning to think there was a /. conspiracy to marginalize Slack.

  2. Oh PLEASE by mattx · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I can't believe people call this distro "a starter distro" or say "oh yeah I started on Slackware". Slackware is a lot more advanced than your other Redhat based distros, it doesn't hold your hand and have fancy GUI crap for an installer, it doesn't have ultra-dependency-rpm hell, and it doesn't use bleeding edge software. It's minimal, it's lean, it's fast, it's stable and it gives you control over your system. People graduate to Slackware from Redhat and Mandrake, it's not the other way around.

  3. Why is it... by Mr+Fred+M+Rogers · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack when trying Linux. It's cool to see that it's still around.

    ...that every announcement of a new release of Slackware contains these inane editorial notes?

    Do the Slashdot editors really need that badly to prove their stupidity?

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  4. WE SHOULD ALL TAKE TURNS SUCKING HIS TINY COCK!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
  5. GO FUCK YOURSELF, LIBERAL SCUM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    n/t

  6. WHY DO YOU HELP TO OPRRESS NIGGERS AND JEWS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


  7. Sowboy Kneel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Towel-boi Squeal says: "I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack when trying Linux. It's cool to see that it's still around."

    No you don't and no it isn't. Shut the fuck up you fat disgusting oinking pig.

  8. Slackware is irrelevant. Ninnle is the future! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who gives a shit about Slackware? It is becoming very clear that the Linux world is tending towards the oft-overlooked Ninnle distribution, fast becoming the most popular of all the Linux distributions, especially on the desktop.

  9. Re:darn by BrokenHalo · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    didn't want to post it to Slashdot until I got it all downloaded :).

    I had a suspicion that a few people might be doing that... In my case, since I've been enjoying using Slack for so long now, I'm putting up some of my dollars for an "official" copy for once. I reckon Patrick richly deserves it.

  10. Re:Enlightenment? by turgid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because Enlightenment is a bloaty, buggy piece of shit and Slackware is a high-quality distribution.

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  11. Fucking communist! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Bush is the best!