Slackware 9.0 rc-1 is out, place your bets:

finegan · 03-03-2003, 03:50 PM

8.1 from rc-1 to final took about a month and change, what's your call this time around?

Cheers,

Finegan

MasterC · 03-03-2003, 04:02 PM

April 7th! I give it actually on the 9th...

Cool

Fuel · 03-03-2003, 04:12 PM

well.. April 1st

Excalibur · 03-03-2003, 05:58 PM

Well, I can't vote! No options for June or July.

trickykid · 03-03-2003, 06:09 PM

Where's the vote for "When Patrick posts its stable and available on www.slackware.com"

DaOne · 03-03-2003, 06:52 PM

How about...2003-ish...

Aussie · 03-15-2003, 07:17 PM

slackware-current now has a /README90.TXT...........anyone want to change their bet?

Quote:

Welcome to Slackware 9.0!

Slackware 9.0 is a complete distribution of the Linux operating system.

This version contains the 2.4.20 Linux kernel, plus recent versions of these
(and many more) software packages:

- C compiler gcc-3.2.2
- Binutils 2.13.90.0.18
- GNU C Library glibc-2.3.1
- X Window System XFree86 4.3.0
- KDE 3.1
- GNOME 2.2

For installation instructions, see the file 'Slackware-HOWTO'.

These are some of the important files and directories found on the Slackware
FTP site:

ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/

Big Al · 03-15-2003, 09:08 PM

The last 2 Slackware releases were in the summer. I hope Pat releases April 28 (or sooner) but I'm not holding my breath.

DaOne · 03-15-2003, 09:41 PM

I'll stick with my original vote...

RRepster · 03-16-2003, 12:18 AM

Any idea if we'll be able to "update/upgrade" from an 8.1 install to the 9.1 or is re-install the best option?

thanks,
Rob

Aussie · 03-16-2003, 01:46 AM

I'll be doing a fresh install and, as usual, my first task will be building a custom kernel.
[Berns Hint #1: Make a seperate partition for /home, make it big enough to archive all your downloaded software and backups of your /etc directory, when you reinstall take care not to format your /home partition, when you reboot to the new install all your downloads/config files will be unchanged.

finegan · 03-16-2003, 02:28 AM

Code:

Sat Mar 15 13:02:46 PST 2003
n/samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Samba 2.2.8.  From the Samba web site:      * (14th Mar, 2003) Security Release - Samba 2.2.8      A flaw has been detected in the Samba main smbd code which
     could allow an external attacker to remotely and anonymously
     gain Super User (root) privileges on a server running a
     Samba server. This flaw exists in previous versions of Samba
     from 2.0.x to 2.2.7a inclusive. This is a serious problem
     and all sites should either upgrade to Samba 2.2.8
     immediately or prohibit access to TCP ports 139 and 445. (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Fri Mar 14 22:04:48 PST 2003
a/sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-7.tgz:  To improve filesystem performance, by default we
  should not sync() after every write to the logs.  Thanks to Bruno H. Collovini
  for the tip.
n/iptraf-2.7.0-i386-1.tgz:  Added iptraf-2.7.0.
  (suggested by Bruno H. Collovini)
n/wireless-tools-25-i386-2.tgz:  Recompiled to quiet version warnings.
  (thanks to Dominik L. Borkowski)
+--------------------------+
Fri Mar 14 00:52:10 PST 2003
Slackware 9.0-rc3 is released for testing...  third time's the charm?
extra/checkinstall-1.5.3/checkinstall-1.5.3-i386-1.tgz:  Added checkinstall
  (patched to use Slackware's native makepkg tool).  Thanks to Ezio and izto for
  talking me into this on /.  :-)

rc-3... any day now, heck, probably before I get up Monday.

Cheers,

Finegan

RRepster · 03-16-2003, 06:00 AM

ah yes the good ole /home partition. Thanks Aussie!

Rob

mesa · 03-16-2003, 03:13 PM

April 1st

cuckoopint · 03-17-2003, 12:05 AM

<troll>
you know...if you used Debian, you wouldn't need to reinstall.
</troll>

But then again, with Debian you're odds of guessing a release date diminish to "you gotta be pretty damn lucky".