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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. ok and? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    same stuff as in every other distro. the same "most advanced desktop environments available today" can be found in hundreds of other distros too. Why not advertise based on what makes slackware different from the rest than taunting the software that everyone else has?

  2. Hooray for slack! by lambent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The first distro I ever installed, and the one that's changed the least over the years. You may say that is a bad thing, but Slack is the only distro i can think of that hasn't succumbed to bloat, rot, ego, or the all-things-to-all-people syndrome. It may have stagnated for a while, but it's good to see it get back to a more regular release schedule.

  3. Re:Que pasa? Nada. by Pommpie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which is why it works so boringly. No crashes, no wacky untested software with potentially unrealised bugs, no fancy memory-sapping 3D effects... where's the fun in that?

  4. 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).