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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. man... by intermodal · · Score: 5, Interesting

    its amazing the popularity slackware maintains despite its simplicity. Just goes to show how desireable simplicity can be for some.

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    In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
  2. Of *course* Slackware is still around! by Silroquen · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I love Slackware! It's simple and it gives me complete control--just what I want in a Linux distro. If it ever *ceases* to be around, I'll have to take up the Slack myself. ;)

  3. Real-World Experience by Joel+Rowbottom · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Over at Fotopic and CentralNic we've already been using the Slackware pre stuff in production environments and it's pretty damn solid. It's also quite nice that automake and such deals with the Slack package format.

    I've also got it running nicely on my laptop (HP Omnibook 9000), it's damn fine. Kudos to Pat and the gang.

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    Smegma.
  4. Waiting for Zipslack/Bigslack by phavens · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I've used Slackware for many things... But I have to say that Zipslack and Bigslack are two things I've enjoy and use the most.

    Have a old computer that doesn't have a whole lot of space? ZipSlack.

    Have no CD-Rom on a computer or just want a FAST easy ready made distro? Big slack. (just extract the zipped files over from a zip disk on the Hard Drive. Edit a text file... reboot :-) Fully functional Linux Distro.

    The problem is that usually it takes a bit after the main release before the goodies really come out.

    I use SuSE for most everything else but these ready made Distro are great.

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    Patrick Havens (Mr. 573333 to you.) Graphic Artist / Coder / Father / Journeler
  5. Speaking of cutting teeth... by pongo000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know a lot of people who first cut their teeth on Slack when trying Linux.

    I almost didn't become a Linux convert thanks to Slackware...I made the mistake of trying to install Slackware as my first Linux O/S back in '96. It was a nightmare straight from the bowels of O/S hell. I spent weeks trying to get my 486 running with X (this with no prior Unix knowledge). I finally gave up, and a few years later discovered SuSE and their YaST installer.

    Ironically, I now run Slackware on most of my machines...go figure. It's a slick distro, and I've learned a lot since those dark days of '96.

  6. Oh the memories ... by WeeBull · · Score: 5, Interesting
    October 1994, issue 97 of "PC Plus". Almost 80MB of Slackware 2.0.0, kernel v 1.0.9. Manna from heaven, considering I only had a 9600 baud modem at the time. (Insert fancy maths here for calculating how long 80MB would take to download at 9600bps - about, what, 20 hours?)

    Happy memories.

    *raises glass* This one for you, Patrick, thanks.

  7. Enlightenment? by tekniklr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Looking at ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9. 0/PACKAGES.TXT, it looks like this version of Slack doesn't include Enlightenment....

    Anyone know why?