Do you use stable or current?

sahko · 12-02-2009, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uppman

1. Did a full install of 13.0 stable.

2. Installed stuff from stable extra.

upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/jdk-6/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/kde3-compat/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/bittorrent/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/bittornado/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/tightvnc/*.t?z

3. Downloaded current

lftp
#open ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware
open ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware
mirror slackware-current
bye

4. Installed/upgraded according to the current changelog (as per Nov 16) with a simple script.

Code:

set -e

upgradepkg --install-new ../../sw_installations_media/current/slackware-current/extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u17-i586-1.txz
....
....

Done!

/Magnus

Thats -current. Stable is Slackware 13.0 with patches/

uppman · 12-02-2009, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahko

Thats -current. Stable is Slackware 13.0 with patches/

Well ok, I should have said a mix. That's what I voted for.

I don't plan to use any more stuff from -current unless something breaks..

/Magnus

tramni1980 · 12-02-2009, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uppman

1. Did a full install of 13.0 stable.

2. Installed stuff from stable extra.

upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/jdk-6/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/kde3-compat/*.t?z
upgradepkg --install-new /mnt/dvd/extra/bittorrent/*.t?z

.............
Done!

/Magnus

I followed you instructions and I am now running KDE-4.3.3.
Thank you.
Alas, even in 4.4.3 Konqueror is still unusable.

eddyvp · 12-02-2009, 01:11 PM

Most of the time Slack64-current.
Every now and then stable (on my wife's notebook)

niels.horn · 12-03-2009, 02:39 AM

Answered "current", since that is what I use most of the time for daily work.

My server runs stable though, as my wife's machine (she doesn't like surprises), and I have VMs with "clean" -stable 32 & 64 Slackware for testing things.

Daedra · 12-03-2009, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrZ

A slightly modded current.

Same here. mostly KDE mods.

Old_Fogie · 12-03-2009, 04:30 AM

No vote for 'other' so I didn't vote.

I run 11.0 for 2.4 kernels on antiques, and 11.0 for old laptop that needs rc.pcmcia to work (I can't get pcmcia on 12.1/2 to work, haven't tried 13.0 yet)

12.1 is my main desktop's tho, more software, gnome and works well for old intel's, and radeon r300 cards (with binary blob ati driver for 2.6.27 stable series kernel

Running current on one netbook and one desktop. So far so good.

Moch5.0 · 12-04-2009, 09:49 PM

I'm running Slackware64-current with a 2.6.31.5 kernel and Fluxbox.

So far stable