I am running 12.2 at the moment with no problems. I am running fluxbox as I have recently found out how to configure it and I love my desktop. I like the KDE apps a lot and run the ones I like from flux with no problems.

I don't see the point of upgrading unless its to 64 bit, although I couldn't tell the difference between 64 bit distros and their 32 bit little sisters. Well, I could in Fedora 8 but that was when 64 bit was brand new, and it was for the worse. I am sure fedora 11 is tight.

Anyway, that brings me to my question(s). Are most of the 13.0 bugs in KDE involved with running in KDE with the "full blown resource eating" mode? I ran KDE 4+ in Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit and it was not terribly buggy, nor was it terribly stable. I do not recall ever having issues in flux then, but I don't recall spending an extended amount of time there either. My original goal was to run KDE for surfing, working, everything but gaming, and running fluxbox for gaming.

I have since changed my MO slightly, To just use fluxbox as the desktop with kde apps. I'm leaning towards "it aint broke so dont fix it" atm but would like some input from the community.

Please yourself. If you don't really want 13, don't "upgrade". Nobody else can decide for you.

If you have a spare hard drive or some unused partition(s), I would say use that as a sandbox and just go wild testing out the latest version. I have gone from not-so-pleased to kind of happy with kde 4 since I sorted out the annoyances by picking up solutions mostly from LQ, and by a lucky mishap including resetting of my BIOS (don't ask...) which resulted in a more efficient use of my GPU. Suddenly I can, as others, say that kde 4 is a relative fast experience (except for dolphin).

I agree wholeheartedly, but they can give me the information to make an informed decision. I won't be pleased, for example, if my screen savers didn't work anymore.

jannekrille: I actually do have a spare hard drive, but it would be a very annoying procedure as it is huge and IDE and 5200 rpm.

If you've got VirtualBox, try 13.0 in that. Everything's working as good as it usually does in Slackware. The screensavers work, can't remember those in 12.2 so not sure if they're the same. I didn't like KDE4 when I first saw it, but I've got used to it, and haven't had any problems. I haven't checked out all the differences between 64 and 32 bit. Anything I write here is based on opinion, not anything measurable or objective.

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If you are happy with your 12.2 install and don't have real need to upgrade (except for the sake of upgrading, which is ridiculous), then stay with 12.2. If you want newer software and kernel, some new features, then upgrade to 13. Slackware 13 is stable, fast and reliable just like every previous release I used before (starting from 10.0). I am quite satisfied with KDE 4.2.4, noticed few *minor* bugs, but everything else works like a charm.

As most everyone else said - please yourself.

So if your machine does what you want now there is little reason to 'upgrade'.

I am sticking with Fluxbox on Slackware 12.2 on my main personal work machine - it is stable, solid, set up the way I want it and I have learned the necessary distro specific 'things' to admin it easily when needed. I will not change it until I have some good reason to do so.

I have installed Slackware 13 on a spare partition but not seriously tried to change to it full time. OTOH I have installed 13 on another machine on my little net at user request - they wanted KDE4. We both now wish we had left the previous 12.1 install alone... but we will work it through, and probably end up with another Fluxbox convert.

I'm pretty happy with 13/64+Fluxbox on the new machine, but the only KDE app I had much use for was K3b, so I have little use for any version of KDE(using XFBurn lately). There are, I hear, KDE3 packages available for Slackware 13 now(if KDE4 doesn't work for you), so you've got plenty of options on that front.

Well that about says it all, unless you want to tinker with it as a hobby,
but you don't
so I agree with not fixing it.

My windows 3.11 worked just fine. I upgraded anyways :P

I had the same dilemma a few weeks ago, and I haven't regretted one second that I upgraded to 64bit slackware. I don't use kde, so I'm not affected by that issue. For me it worked so sweet out of the box, I was ecstatic :P
If you've got the time to upgrade, I personally recommend you to do it.

Yep, I'm liking the newest Slackware as well. If nothing else, upgrade to 64-bit so you can see all of your RAM (without using the PAE kernel option). Also the boot times are faster; I don't have benchmarks but it's noticeable.

Well to be honest I still run 12.0 as my main OS with more recent releases in VirtualBox and Slackware64 on another partition . (Bit embarrassing really). I will upgrade entirely one of these days but I have such a load of added on custom packages and libraries that this is going to be a real big job. (I've been putting it off for ages The trouble is the more stuff I continue to add/customize to my old version the longer the eventual upgrade will take ! Catch 22 and all that. This is the longest I've ever stuck with a version as I'm dreading the rebuilds - but whatever. Personally I'd say go with the upgrade but that doesn't seem to be the popular opinion.

Since quite a few old Slack releases are still provided with security patches, there is no real need to upgrade. 11 was working OK for me, as were 12.0 and 12.2. But curiosity always gets the better of me - so it's out with the old and on with the new. Toss a coin...

I enjoy upgrading to more secure versions of software like Fire Fox. I was going to leave 2/4 of my Slackware boxes at 12.2, but, then I got into a real groove and finished upgrading all of my units to 13.0. I look forward to the release/upgrade cycle.
As other people have said it is up to you. I say follow your heart. Pat will support 12.2 for years with security patches, so there is no real reason to upgrade if your system functions optimally for you.

if you like kde 3.x.x you are not going to like slackware 13
kde 4.x.x stinks