Slackware 10.0 Officially Released

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Slackware 10.0 Officially Released

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday June 23, 2004 @01:24PM from the not-so-slack dept.

BRTB writes "Slackware 10.0 is out! X.org 6.7.0, kernel 2.4.26 (2.6.7 optional), KDE 3.2.3, GNOME 2.6.1, GCC 3.3.4... it's all new, and just as stable as you'd expect from Slackware, if RC2 was any indication. There's an official announcement, as well as some ISO BitTorrent links, and a mirror list. Of course, the non-cheapskates among us should go buy the CD-set to support the project. Have fun, everybody..."

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Yay! by thenextpresident · 2004-06-23 13:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Damn, and I am going home now too. Wait, I know...

Me: Hey, can you go grab slackware 10 for me?
My GF: Sure.
Me: They have bittorrents...
My GF: I know. Already downloading...

Oh yeah. Tech girlfriends...the only way to download distro's. =)

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1. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:35 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Of course, no one actually believes you have a geek girlfriend.
2. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:38 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  Oh yeah. Tech girlfriends...the only way to download distro's. =)
  
  they are useful for fucking too!
3. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:44 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  You just sent 99% of the readers on this site into shock by mentioning sex with an actual woman.
4. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:50 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  for those who become depresesd as they know that they shall never have the joys of carnal knowldege of a woman... i suggest: the the Fleshlight :)
5. Re:Yay! by jazman_777 · 2004-06-23 14:31 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Unless you're really willing to get your hands dirty up front, and if you really are a n00b with Linux I wouldn't recomment Slackware as your first distro....
  Yeah, Fedora Core 2 for the dual-booter n00bs, eh? Joke's on them.
  
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6. Re:Yay! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 14:40 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  More like:
  
  Me: Hey, can you go grab slackware 10 for me?
  
  My GF: Are you kidding? I used slack in HIGH SCHOOL. Stick with gentoo, big guy.
  
  Me: Well, I wanted to try it out. Maybe it's gotten better!
  
  My GF: Tell you what, I'll start giving you a blow job and I won't stop until the distro finishes installing. Now which distro do you want to try?
  
  Me: HOLY SHIT! Gentoo, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And remember I use both KDE and Gnome!!
  
  Oh yeah. Made-up fantasy girlfriends are the BEST. =)
7. Re:Yay! by MuParadigm · 2004-06-23 14:57 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  So glad I don't live in your world.
8. Re:Yay! by TiMac · 2004-06-23 16:22 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  My last techie girlfriend owned a Wallstreet model Powerbook *shudder*
  
  Which should be perfectly fine, since one can assume that probably WAS around 1998...I know that some /.ers can go a decade without 2 girlfriends.
  
  Unless you've got something against the PowerBook...
  
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9. Re:Yay! by Bandman · 2004-06-24 00:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  actually, it was around december :-/ and the Wallstreet had more wrong with it than our relationship (Ba-ZING)
  
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I was wondering why my connection was slow... by Nyder · 2004-06-23 13:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, I guess that explains why my connection is so slow today.

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I'm definately going to have to get this by ChairmanMeow · 2004-06-23 13:30 · Score: 3, Funny

Slackware 9.1 gave me a great few days setting it up. I'm definately going to have to try Slack 10.

ok... so I'm a total nerd... so what?

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Not Slackware X? by PornMaster · 2004-06-23 13:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Bah. Not Slackware X, not Slackware XP.

C'mon! Where's the marketing, folks? ;)

-PM

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1. Re:Not Slackware X? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:37 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  They got fired after they convinced Patrick to go from 3.x to 7.0 ;)
2. Re:Not Slackware X? by kfg · 2004-06-23 13:48 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Bah. Not Slackware X, not Slackware XP.
  
  I'm waiting for Slackware XPalidocious myself.
  
  Out here on the east coast we won't get the special edition slated for distribution in California, but I hear that one's not so stable anyway.
  
  KFG
Re:Slack and X.org by pairo · 2004-06-23 13:31 · Score: 2, Funny

kudos to Slack for moving to X.org so quickly. The faster everyone gets away from X the better we all are. Aren't you contradicting yourself a bit there?
Re:Slack and X.org by rmohr02 · 2004-06-23 13:32 · Score: 4, Funny

The faster everyone gets away from X the better we all are.
Away from XFree86 anyway. Personally, I prefer distros that still support X in some manner ;).
Re:So, honest question. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 13:34 · Score: 1, Funny

*pets the troll*
Re:Migrating from SUSE 9.1 by jefe7777 · 2004-06-23 13:37 · Score: 3, Funny

fdisk
The question is... by NoData · 2004-06-23 13:59 · Score: 1, Funny

why are you talking to your right hand?
1. Re:The question is... by WhiteDeath · 2004-06-23 14:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  why are you talking to your right hand?
  because the other one left?
I agree.... by strabo · 2004-06-23 14:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Anything that came after SLS is just Yet Another Distro...
Re:grass is always greener by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 14:07 · Score: 1, Funny

Forget all that and just use java. There is nothing wrong with garbage collection, my uncle has been doing it for 34 years.
Re:Ha! you think you have it bad... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-23 14:33 · Score: 1, Funny

But I am the best one-handed typist that you will ever see...

Me too, but for, uh, different reasons......
"Awesome!" say 95% of computer users. by copponex · 2004-06-23 14:33 · Score: 2, Funny

This is meant to be sarcastic. I know it's not always this bad, but I love playing the Devil's (Microsoft's) Advocate.

"I bet with Slack 10, I can add my friend's windows printer! Oh... It's okay. I bet my wireless card will work now! Well, shit... my laptop isn't even supported. And I can't even get the sound to work. Oh, alright. Read the manual, huh?"

The next step is to configure /etc/conf.modules. Make sure that none of the following aliases is commented:

# alias char-major-14 off
# alias sound on
# alias midi off

Then insert (if not already there) the following lines:

alias char-major-14 ad1848
options ad1848 io=0x530 irq=10 dma=1 dma2=0
post-install ad1848 modprobe "-k" opl3; modprobe "-k" v_midi; modprobe "-k" softoss2
options opl3 io=0x388

Furthermore, it might be necessary to configure your pcmcia (/etc/pcmcia/config.opts), because there might be an IRQ conflict. Exclude at least the IRQs 7 and 10. Now you should be ready to boot your new kernel. Good luck!

"Umm, fuck Linux."
Re:a few days... ah yes, the good ol' days by Bandman · 2004-06-23 14:54 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm with you. Ya just haven't lived till you've entered modelines by hand, I tell ya.

Kids today, what with their XVGA setup programs, and their live CDs.

GET OUT OF MY YARD

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Re:Slack and X.org by kfg · 2004-06-23 14:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Personally, I prefer distros that still support X in some manner ;).

E actly. It would seem a rather pointless and e treme measure to fail to support in some manner, at least lower case.

The Window System is also nice to have around, but if you at least have support you can always still work at the console, although that might suck on an Window System oriented distro like andros.

KFG
Re:My Love by ahaning · 2004-06-23 15:05 · Score: 2, Funny

don't tell anyone here that I said that, I'll get beat

Don't worry. You've just praised a Microsoft product after praising Slackware. All those that would beat you are currently passed out due to a short circuit in their beliefs code.

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Re:Somebody help me out... by EvanED · 2004-06-23 16:45 · Score: 2, Funny

A binary will be in /usr/bin, not /opt/bin/usr/somewhere/in/egypt

Just what do you have aganst Egypt? Are you racist? I have a dream that one day binaries will be judged not by the path in which they reside, but by the nature of their execution.

(With sincerest apologies to Dr. King)