Slackware 11 release date

GiantDragon · 02-11-2006, 02:58 AM

When the next version of Slackware Linux will be released?

xgreen · 02-11-2006, 02:59 AM

have to ask Pat :-)

GiantDragon · 02-11-2006, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by nazmin

have to ask Pat :-)

Tell me please his e-mail, if you know.

Nylex · 02-11-2006, 03:04 AM

You can get it on www.slackware.com, it's not hard to find.

uselpa · 02-11-2006, 03:41 AM

Why do you ask? What are you missing in 10.2?

GiantDragon · 02-11-2006, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by uselpa

Why do you ask? What are you missing in 10.2?

Stable 2.6 kernel.

duffmckagan · 02-11-2006, 04:19 AM

Try using Debian Sarge with the 2.6 kernel.

Debian Sarge comes with 2.6.8 kernel. Stable enough.

uselpa · 02-11-2006, 04:46 AM

Slack 10.2's 2.6 kernel works fine for me.

phil.d.g · 02-11-2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GiantDragon

When the next version of Slackware Linux will be released?

There isn't a set release date, it will be released when Pat thinks it is ready

Toods · 02-11-2006, 05:13 AM

I am running two PC's with version 2.6 of the kernel and find them to be both stable.

One PC is Slackware 10.2 and the second is Slackware-Current (30th Jan).

I found that there were some problems with the 2.6.15 versions of the kernel. These problems seemed to indicate some kind of regression in terms of Nvidia driver compatibility. So until this is resolved I found the best kernel to use is the latest in the 2.6.14 series which is 2.6.14.6.

GiantDragon · 02-11-2006, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by uselpa

Slack 10.2's 2.6 kernel works fine for me.

By Pat's point of view 2.6 kernel is not stable and he is not confident that kernel will work perfectly with Slackware 10.2 (he doesn't say that this kernel will not work generally (or with a lot of bugs), but he warn that some errors may appear during the work, and he doesn't warrant anything.
I am using my computer as a workstation and I can't allow any errors on it, therefore I am waiting a new version of distro, where Pat promises to include the 2.6 stable kernel.

pdw_hu · 02-11-2006, 07:30 AM

I've been using 2.6.x from 2.6.7, and it was stable as hell eversince. Using current btw. I don't see any reason for you not to upgrade, just because Pat has a different opinion.

cwwilson721 · 02-11-2006, 08:02 AM

Been running 2.6.15 for awhile. Works great. No issues at all

mokele · 02-11-2006, 08:14 AM

Compiled 2.6.15 from source. No Nvidia compatibility
issues. No issues at all. In fact this thing is
rock solid and stable.

-W

uselpa · 02-11-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GiantDragon

I am using my computer as a workstation and I can't allow any errors on it, therefore I am waiting a new version of distro, where Pat promises to include the 2.6 stable kernel.

Pat has the highest standards and that's what we love him for. But the general feedback here is that the 2.6 kernel works well.
As Pat includes 2.6.13, this means that 2.6.13 works well with the rest of the packages. I grabbed 2.6.13.4, i.e. the at that time latest stable version of 2.6.13, and have had absolutely no problem since. In the meantime, 2.6.13.5 is also available, which I personally would suggest using now.

On your workstation, you can still keep kernel 2.4 available as well and fall back to it if necessary.