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Slackware 12.0 Released

Posted by kdawson on from the that's-two-ahead-of-os-x dept.

Matt writes "Straight from our good friend and colleague in the fight for quality distributions, Mr. Patrick Volkerding, comes a brand-new and eagerly-awaited release of Slackware, version 12. HAL automount, KDE 3.5.7 and XFCE 4.4.1, Xorg 7.2, 2.6 kernels as far as the eye can see, oodles of updated applications and utilities, and hardware support for just about anything under the sun. Get it here. Enjoy! I know I will."

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  1. Yes, but... does it support by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 2, Funny

    iphone?

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    Engineering is the art of compromise.
    1. Re:Yes, but... does it support by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Woops, looks like someone forgot to check the anonymous coward checkbox....

  2. Noooooooooo!!! Not tonight! by bersl2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have work to do tonight! Don't make me choose between that and upgrading to 12.0!

    1. Re:Noooooooooo!!! Not tonight! by pilbender · · Score: 2, Funny

      AAAAAHHHH Damn it! I was thinking the *exact* same thing. I have to just put it out of my mind because I've got code to release tomorrow and we're down on devs by 60% :-(

      I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to take charge. I'm *not* going to let the Slackware upgrade dominate my thoughts! I will fight the urge! I will write my code so I can keep my job and my house and my wife. I will make the right choice.

      There! I don't feel any better and it doesn't make it okay. I still want to upgrade my Slack boxes. It's fun even after 13 years ;-)

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    2. Re:Noooooooooo!!! Not tonight! by Skapare · · Score: 2, Funny

      Call in sick. You know it will make you sick if you can't get your Slack.

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      now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
  3. Re:Slak Rules by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah. My initial impression of Feisty was that it was an amazingly superior version of Windows Vista ;)

  4. Re:Why? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pain is good. Extreme pain is extremely good.

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  5. Re:Am I the only one? by d12v10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh my lord, did you just end a sentence with a preposition?

  6. Feisty by newr00tic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, *Gutsy* humour is the way to go now; -Feisty-, at the very least.

    upgradepkg --install-new humour-post-1979*.tgz

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    A horse can't be sick, you know, even if he wants to.
  7. Re:Shameless self-promotion by kv9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't think of a better place to mention it than the Slackware 12.0 announcement thread in Slashdot, because it's probably going to be read by both Slackware users.

    there, fixed that for you.

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    Stop Computers/Cars Analogies on S
  8. Re:Am I the only one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    12 versions in 14 years
    4 + 1 = 7. It's true! Pat says so. ;)
  9. Re:Am I the only one? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh my lord, did you just end a sentence with a preposition?

    Up with this we will not put!