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Slackware 9.1 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hitting-the-streets dept.

ThatComputerGuy writes "Slackware 9.1 is now officially released. This is another great release, featuring GCC 3.2.3, GNOME 2.4.0, KDE 3.1.4, ALSA, and Kernel 2.4.22. Check the official announcement for the full feature list. Note that ftp.slackware.com will not allow ISO downloads starting with this release; instead, the first distribution of the ISOs will be via BitTorrent."

2 of 241 comments (clear)

  1. Why Slackware ? by Krapangor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is there any reason to use Slackware, besides 31337 penis erlargement ?
    I mean for pure open distros we have already Debian with it's superior apt. And there are thousands of other commercial distros too.
    So what makes Slackware special enough to give me a serious reason to use it ?
    And always remember: you are competing with OpenBSD, too.

    --
    Owner of a Mensa membership card.
  2. Re:Slackware rules! by Oxide · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're tired of all the frills in Red Hat, Mandrake and SuSE et al (good as those distros are), and want something clean, speedy and stable as hell, give this Slack a go.

    What makes slackware cleaner, speedier, or more stable than Redhat, Suse, or Mandrake?

    I think you slackware fanatics are still living in the dark ages when the only matured linux distribution used to be slackware. WAKE UP and see the real world. Redhat, Debian, SUSE, and Mandrake have long passed Slackware on all of these things you mentioned and more. Infact, your slackware is trying desperatley to catch up. (Just implemented a package management tool)