Slackware 9.0?

neo_nirvane · 12-29-2002, 08:10 PM

slackware 9.0 beta? is it inside the slackware current?
Sorry, it's a bit confusing for a newbie....

in a nut shell, is it

slackware 9.0 beta = latest slackware current? thx

SML · 12-29-2002, 09:59 PM

http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php...tion=slackware Not according to this website description. SW Current is not equal to SW 9.0 beta.

Watch out for the beta linux operating systems ... I tried United Linux beta and RedHat 8.1 beta and they were not exactly very user friendly. Heaps of problems and not really setup for newbies like to play with.

Aussie · 12-29-2002, 10:50 PM

From the slackware-current changelog,

Quote:

Fri Aug 30 14:19:08 PDT 2002
We're happy to announce the initial Slackware-9.0-beta based on gcc-3.2. :-)
Please test it and report any bugs that you find.
a/aaa_base-8.9.9-i386-1.tgz: Edited /etc/slackware-version

So in a nut shell slackware-current = development version that will one day be the next version of slackware, currently in a beta stage for v9.0

neo_nirvane · 12-30-2002, 09:16 AM

i have a slackware-current in habd now.... where can i find some handy tutorial teaching me how to upgrade certain packages? thx...

Aussie · 12-30-2002, 10:28 AM

Don't upgrade, do a fresh install.

bbeers · 12-30-2002, 03:11 PM

In the slackware directory of the install CD is a file UPDATE.TXT.
-bbeers