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Slackware 12.1 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the old-timers dept.

SlackFan writes "Slackware 12.1 has been released, with kernel 2.6.24-5. 'Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable (FTP and HTTP, not only NFS) installer; and two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.2, a fast, lightweight, and visually appealing desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.9, the latest 3.x version of the full-featured K Desktop Environment.'"

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  1. Fix URL, please - s/org/com/ by robw810 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The official Slackware site is at slackware.COM, not slackware.ORG. (and it's already dead as of comment #3).

  2. Bittorrents ... by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... are listed on this page:

    http://www.slackware.org/getslack/torrents.php

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  3. Re:So tell me... by Nimey · · Score: 4, Informative

    Patrick (the maintainer) is a SubGenius.

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  4. Re:excellent question by notamisfit · · Score: 4, Informative

    Really, any distribution boils down to package selection, package management, and release engineering. As per your example, Ubuntu uses Debian unstable for packages and apt for management, but only supports a small subset of unstable, and releases every six months. Yeah, just about every GNOME and KDE distro looks the same (well, scratch that for KDE, considering how much Mandriva, SuSE, and Kubuntu patch it all to hell and think they're actually *improving* it). Slackware's more of a throwback to the days when a Linux distro was just an easy way to get a system up and running, as opposed to an all-inclusive software library.

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