I have been following -current on two different machines and it has been very stable. Like I said in another thread recently: it has been a bit 'dull', with nothing breaking
Now that 12.2 has been declared stable, I'll update my other boxes over the next few days / weeks.

Off to the Slackware store now to order the DVD!!!
(but will also open a torrent and help seeding...)

Big thanks to Pat V and all the contributors here and elsewhere!

Great news, thanks to all

It's looking good so far!! I was going to hold off installing this latest release but after following the changelogs and the positive comments from the users of Current I said "what the hell." The only thing that I have noticed is that it takes a bit longer to boot up but I'll tinker with that in the morning.

The one thing I did differently on this install was to use JFS which I suspect may be causing some of the delay in booting up.

Don't forget to go to the Slackware store so Pat can feed the family!!

Thanks to the Slackware team for a job well done and a product that finished much sooner than expected!!

I always thought a fresh install was the lazy way (it's the route I usually take), as it seems to involve less work and less possible hitches than an upgrade.

What is the link of the OSU mirror?

Here is the OSU mirror:
http://slackware.oregonstate.edu/slackware-12.2-iso/
This mirror is really fast also:
http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...ware-12.2-iso/
Since you are outside the USA it may not be quite as fast for you though.
The torrents are really fast also; and you can help out by seeding the .isos if you can spare the bandwidth.

Very happy with 12.2 so far! Thanks to Pat V and the team!

Same here. This time I took a slightly different approach.
My system is setup with /boot on /dev/hda1 and an encrypted LVM on /dev/hda2 containing lv's for / /var /tmp /home.

What I did was create 2 new lv's for the new / and /var alongside my existing ones. Mount them under /mnt and then use installpkg -root /mnt to install all the filesets. Copy over /etc/fstab and edit as appropriate to use the new lv's. Copy over /etc/crypttab and my keyfiles for my secondary encrypted volume group. Add my users to the new passwd, shadow, group files etc.

Before I booted up off the new system, I chrooted into the new / and ran through some of post install setup steps in pkgtool just incase I'd missed something and built a new initrd for my LUKS/LVM setup.

Bob's your alien! I have 2 versions of slackware in 1 LVM setup.


Now, when I come to get rid of 12.1 all I have to do is remove the 2 old LVs and the lilo entry.

Though upgrading with the normal method is a little less involved, I get a clean install and a proven backout without the need to restore from backup.

This was the first time I tried this approach and a bit of an experiment, but it seems to have worked out quite well.

That's something else I haven't got round to reading about: LVM. I like that: "Bob's your alien!"

People in Europe could try
ftp://elektroni.phys.tut.fi/slackware-12.2-iso/

Getting the torrent and will be sure to leave it up...
Well, it will have to be limited as I don't think FSU likes me uploading at over 500kB/s

Hi,
I have added the following to 'So you want to be a Slacker! What do I do next?' sticky;

Mmm, it does sound quite a bit different to 12.1. Maybe I'll have it after all...Yes!

Excellent!! I'm downloading the iso right now and I'll install both at office and home tonight

Thak's P.V. for this awesome distro. :-D


Cheers

CDs burned this morning:-) Slackware 12.2 install fest coming up after work today:-)

Hi.
Stupid question :

If i continually run -current, does it mean i run the latest Slackware version?
Don't need to upgrade ? Never?