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Slackware 11 Has Been Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the come-a-long-way dept.

CCFreak2K writes "Slackware 11 has been officially released, just over a year after Slackware 10.2 became available. Software available with Slackware 11 includes KDE 3.5, Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 and X11R6 6.9. As usual, ISOs are available through BitTorrent and FTPs, packages can be synced through FTPs, and you can always buy a copy."

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  1. 2.4 kernel vs 2.6? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Anyone know why they stuck with making 2.4 series kernel default over 2.6? (They do, however, provide 2.6)

  2. Theoretical question by Morrigu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So let's say I'm a relative newbie to Linux, and I've just finished installing Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS Dapper Drake on my laptop. I've read through the forums and have apt-gotten my way to a nice-looking Gnome or KDE desktop with 3D accelerated drivers for X, a bunch of useful apps and some games.

    What does Slackware offer the newbie Linux user that something like Ubuntu doesn't?

    Let's say I've been using Linux for years, and I'm a compulsive downloader and installer. I like trying out different OS's and desktop environments, everything from FreeDOS to CentOS to OpenBSD. I'm familiar enough with different package systems and administration styles to figure out how stuff works, but I don't want to spend a whole lot of time on something tedious and unrewarding.

    What selling points does Slackware have for the interested & experienced Linux geek?

    Just curious, not trolling.

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  3. Die Hard by slummy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I will use Slackware until it's demise. Even after it's long gone I will build a LFS installation that mimicks Slackware's simplicity.

  4. Will Slackware ever officially port to x86_64? by Andronicus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I love Slackware. Grew up in Linux with it. Started in 1996. Still using it today as my primary distro.

    All my current PCs CPUs now use AMD64 instruction sets. I'm motivated to moving them toward more pure AMD64 software. I've owned Athlon 64 CPUs for three years now, and still no wide and mainstream support for AMD64. All the 64-bit options currently are not as mainstream or as polished or conflict free.

    I've been experimenting with the unofficial Slamd64 port with modest success. Fred Emmott is really a great champion and I appreciate greatly all his work. Slamd64 still has plenty of rough edges and may only approach, but perhaps not exceed, the smoothness and polish of the official distribution.

    In the meantime, I'm experimenting with Slamd64 but also branching to other distros which claim full AMD64 support (xubuntu, SuSE, Gentoo are my current areas of focus) to guage whether they seem more mainstream and have smoother support.

    Readers, why do you think there is no "official" effort to bring Slack to AMD64? Do you think this may change?

    I know Patrick has commented previously on this. To turn a blind eye to AMD64 seems to me to shortchange the future of the distro. Slack was founded on i386 and has maintained steadfast focus on that architecture, and though AMD64 isn't so greatly different, i386 won't be with us always. What becomes of Slack then?

    I would like to see Fred's fine start folded into a greater official port to lift out of the level of just being a curious project and to get the backing of a larger community.

    Please share your views.

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