Slackware 10-RC1 Released

Chaxid writes "According to the latest Slackware ChangeLog, release candidate one of the next iteration of Slack is upon us. I asked Patrick Volkerding via e-mail if the 2.6 series of the Linux kernel would be included in this version, and this was his response: 'To have support for using the 2.6 kernel in the installer might not be a good idea quite yet, and it would delay the release a lot. I'm planning to wait on that for the next one'. It's worth noting the Slackware 10 RC1 is fully 2.6 compliant however." As TouchOfRed writes, though, "A test kernel 2.6.6 option is offered via the 'testing' tree. Slackware does not offer ISOs for the RCs (however there are some third party users that compile the RCs or the -Current tree regularly as ISOs), so if you are already running Slackware 9.1, you can use the excellent Swaret to upgrade to the latest packages (make sure you edit your /etc/swaret.conf prior of using swaret to allow for kernel upgrades and other options)." This release includes kernel 2.4.26 , Gnome 2.6.1+, KDE 3.2.3, GCC 3.4, XOrg 6.7 and more.

Comments

Fully 2.6 compliant

[mpitcavage]

Slackware 9.1 was fully 2.6 compliant, too.

Re:Fully 2.6 compliant

[ananke]

this new release has a couple of things that will help with 2.6.x kernel more than 9.1 release did. first udev packages have been added, second, updated hotplug packages seem to work better with 2.6.x

I started with Slackware...

[Noryungi]

I think it was way back in 1994-95 that I downloaded my first version of Slackware. It was love at first install, or something like that.

And I am still using it today. Why?

• The KISS (Keept It Simple, Stupid) principle of Slackware makes it a breeze to use.
• Slackware tries to be as UNIX-ish as possible.
• Slackware -- with its BSD-style init -- is easy to configure.
• Slackware is a complete system, and yet one that is still reasonbaly lean, since it includes only the most important software.
• Slackware does not include any of the cutesy-yet-useless GUI thingie that are supposed to 'help' you configure your system while treating you like a jerk.

All in all, thanks Patrick ! Another great version of a great distribution !

Re:Can anyone say why they don't release...

[boojit]

Because their current form of distribution is superior to ISO download. By using an rsync mirror, you can not only easily download an entire distro, but update that distro with any changes as they occur...without downloading the entire ISO again. For instance, when RC2 comes out, by using rsync you'll be able to easily download just the changes from RC1 to RC2. (I don't use swaret as i've got some custom scripts built to use some rsync mirrors I know of, but I'm sure it works on this concept and uses rsync).

Also: this distro method allows you to pick only those packages you want to download. Don't like GNOME? don't download it. Don't want any gui at all? skip gnome, kde, and X.

Once you've downloaded your distro, just do an NFS export on the distro dir on the host machine. Then build yourself a boot CD or boot floppy (as you prefer). Once you've booted on the target machine, you can install straight off the NFS share to the target. Works great, I do it all the time...I did my first ever Slackware install this way, even though the host machine was a Windows box.

Honestly, ISO downloads of distros kinda sucks, once you start doing things this way.

DaC

Slackware 10RC1 ISOs

[Chaxid]

ftp://inferno.bioinformatics.vt.edu/linux-distros/ slackware/slackware-current-iso/

update with swaret in two steps

[Chuck Bucket]

(1) edit /etc/swaret.conf so that VERSION=current
(2) issue the command: swaret --update; swaret --upgrade -a

and you'll basically have installed Slackware 10 RC1. Damn, I love Slack, and swaret just makes it easier to keep 'current'.

CB