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Slackware 9 Unleashed to World
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.
The only thing that makes me happier than FreeBSD releases is Slackware releases. Always clean and small, always reliable, always complete. My first and favorite distro.
Thank you Patrick.
it dosent hold your hand, so you learn the right way
The answer to all your questions is no and that's exactly what makes Slackware so attractive.
It is clean and tidy distribution which keeps everything as simple as possible. It is beautiful.
Mandrake is for newbies. Slackware is for newbies that don't want to stay newbies.
Provided, of course, you do want to learn :P
You mean besides the fact you can:
Download and use apt-get
Download and use Rpm
Download the sources of the most bleeding edge
Chances are the latest and greatest is going to be SOURCE anyway, not a package.
CVS is always available.
Please learn. Don't give people the wrong about slack.
Some people think the ease of use found in modern distros is a sign of weakness. I think its a sign of progress.
This is such a troll, but I'll bite anyway. Slackware is not a "throwback" distro. It is all about simplicity. Believe it or not, some people don't WANT to use lots of GUI stuff, and they don't WANT everything set up for them from the start. Slackware is great for building a system that does what YOU want, and ONLY what you want. It also does so while being more UNIXy than other distributions, which is either a feature or a curse depending on your point of view.
And IMO, the installer is not hard to use. It's very straightforward and offers details that make it pretty simple to get things set up the way you want. Okay, it's not going to go through and auto detect your sound card for you, and it's not going to resize your partitions. But honestly that's not what Slackware is for. It's about being simple, clean, and full featured (or not, as you desire).
There is without doubt elitism in the Slackware community, but that is not what Slack is all about. And for the record I have never seen someone use the term "Redhate". If they did, they still wouldn't be half as trollish as you, my friend.
"Wow, you're like some kind of superhero able to ward off happiness and success at every turn."
-- Ryan Stiles
>Now that were in 2003 I'm still amazed that anyone wants to deal with all of that manual work in order to get everything completely working.
/etc/rc.d/rc.modules
Que?
The installer is simpler than simple. Fdisk, setup, choose formatting & swap, autodetect cdrom, select full from packages (unlike many other distros this will fit on all but the worst sized hard drives, yet will provide you with just about everything you need, including MP3 decoding [wow]), select to probe for your network and voila! All done!
That's hard for a serious user? The requirements to be a serious user serious have slipped over the years... At this rate finding the power button will make one a dedicated user in a few years.
Sound isn't hard: echo modprobe soundcard-name.o >>
And xf86config is likely the most intuitive setup program I've come across in a long time. Plus it doesn't limit to me to setting up X while I'm in front of the box.
What more do you want? A computer-chauffeur?
If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
Patrick Volkerding is like slackware itself -- quiet, competent, gets the job done without need for flash. Rock solid, comforting, a fine old friend.
Infuriate left and right
wait. Maybe if I were to spend years developing a dependable and rock-solid linux distribution, then I could make FP postings and not get modded down! Then, with this now power, I will slowly take over all of /.!!!!! MUHAHA (specifically two "ha"s)
/. .... yeah, that would be a lot less work.
Or I could just come up with something meaningful to contribute to
YOU SUCK BALLS!
"despite its simplicity"? That was one of the big reasons that I moved to Slackware and haven't looked back.
Here are some reasons why I love Slackware:
1. The package manager is simple and easy to understand.
2. When something breaks, you have a good chance of knowing what you did to f*** it up, and how to fix it again.
3. It doesn't need RPM or APT.
4. It encourages you to use the source.
5. Nothing breaks unless you tell it to break (unlike RPM).
6. The most up-to-date software.
7. The best compiler.
8. The best user groups.
9. The best desktops and the best driver support.
10. Less "compulsive upgrading" than other distributions.
Slackware just ROCKS. I have used Mandrake, Redhat, Debian, Knoppix and Slackware, and Slackware is my favorite by far. Keep up the great work!