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Slackware versions

Been off the scene a while due to work however no updates in over 2 years?

http://www.slackware.com/

Is slackware still being actively developed?

How about reading the changelog...and marking this "solved"?

"Wed Feb 3 22:39:25 UTC 2016
Welcome to Slackware 14.2 beta 2. Getting closer. :-)"

All things considered, it is a fair question, so give the original poster some slack.
:D

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Originally Posted by devnull10 (Post 5511015)

Been off the scene a while due to work however no updates in over 2 years?

http://www.slackware.com/

Is slackware still being actively developed?

Yes. Over the last two years Slackware 14.1 received many security updates. Slackware-current is under active development; Slackware 14.2 Beta 2 now has the 4.4.4 kernel, pulse audio to name but a few additions.
Slackware 14.2 is coming.

Injecting gratuitous delta-slack link into conversation: http://ciar.org/ttk/public/delta-slack.html

Slackware-current has been tremendously developed! The difference between 14.1 and 14.2 will be vastly greater than that between 14.0 and 14.1, without even taking into consideration the switch to eudev and the addition of pulseaudio.

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Originally Posted by ttk (Post 5511365)

Injecting gratuitous delta-slack link into conversation: http://ciar.org/ttk/public/delta-slack.html

Nice! this is exactly what people who think that Slackware is abandoned should see: just one Table with numbers
(reading a ChangeLog would be too much for most of them)

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Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 5511132)

All things considered, it is a fair question, so give the original poster some slack.
:D

It's hardly a fair question, given the OP based his argument on "no updates in two years". My Slackware64-14.1 machines have all received many updates since I upgraded from 14.0. In short, there have been updates and read the changelog.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by devnull10 (Post 5511015)

Been off the scene a while due to work however no updates in over 2 years?

http://www.slackware.com/

Is slackware still being actively developed?

Look at; http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub.../ChangeLog.txt

Slackware & Slackware64 are continually being worked on by PV & team! Supported by the many Slackware users here at LQ.

If you want to see how PV & team are supporting Slackware version updates then sign up for http://www.slackware.com/lists/ by following instructions on that page.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip:

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Originally Posted by slacker1337 (Post 5511587)

You are entitled to your opinion, but as a "Slacker" you are blinded by your own preferences.

People may use Slackware, but that doesn't mean they are "Slackers."

What about the "end users"? Slackware might be their Linux distribution of choice, but that doesn't mean they have the time or inclination to be following the development by reading this forum or looking through changelogs, if they even know where to find them. Some people do have lives outside of Slackware Linux and use their computers to get things done and are not interested in what goes on under the hood.

So, when you consider there hasn't been a new release in 2 years and 4 months (to this date, 7 March 2016), then, yes, it was a fair question.

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Originally Posted by devnull10 (Post 5511015)

Been off the scene a while due to work however no updates in over 2 years?

This may seem like a foolish question, but, do you know how to update your Slackware 14.1 installation and apply security patches? If not use the following steps.

Use a text editor and edit /etc/slackpkg/mirrors Un-comment the one mirror of your choice by removing the #

Run the following commands in order:

# slackpkg update gpg
# slackpkg update
# slackpkg install-new
# slackpkg upgrade-all

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Originally Posted by hitest (Post 5511155)

Will Slackware 14.2 come with KDE 5/Plasma 5 or must that upgrade be done manually?

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Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 5511624)

Sure, if we dumb down the definition of "update" to mean both a new release and software updates. The OP didn't ask about a new release, he/she asked about updates. A simple "#slackpkg check-updates" would have answered the question and we could have avoided this pointless side conversation.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by slacker1337 (Post 5511631)

If indeed the OP wanted to know about updates for versions then the statement; 'If you want to see how PV & team are supporting Slackware version updates then sign up for http://www.slackware.com/lists/ by following instructions on that page.' is the way to get update notices from PV & team officially.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip:

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

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Originally Posted by moonraven (Post 5511629)

Will Slackware 14.2 come with KDE 5/Plasma 5 or must that upgrade be done manually?

From Alien_Bob's blog ;

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KDE 5_15.12 for Slackware-current

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/wp-c...up-150x150.png It is time for a refresh of my ‘ktown’ package set. KDE 5_15.12 has been uploaded, containing the latest and greatest: Frameworks 5.17.0, Plasma 5.5.1 and Applications 15.12.0.
To be honest, the compilation had already finished on tuesday but due to the hectic work circumstances moving toward the christmas break, I did not have time to install and test the new packages on my laptop. Today, that has changed, and here is the new batch. One small disappointment… the colorful icons used for the shutdown & logout widget are again replaced by the old colorless flat icons. A regression in my opinion. Die flat colorless icons die!
Anyway, don’t mind the ramblings of an old greybeard who yet has to pour his first drink of the holiday. On with the story.
What’s new in KDE 5_15.12?

Actually, I skipped a Plasma release! Starting with Plasma 5.5, the developers have adopted a more agile release schedule, meaning that after a point release (.0) there will be one or two fast bugfix updates (.1 and .2) followed by further updates with a slightly longer delay. I had built Plasma 5.5.0 and was about to apply the wrapping paper when several last-minute bugs were uncovered in the new Applications point release (15.12.0) which lead to delays in finalizing the repository because of all the patching and subsequent rebuilds. And by the time the Applications issues were resolved, I found the Plasma 5.5.1 sources ready so I archived my 5.5.0 packages and built 5.5.1 instead.

Be sure to read the whole blog entry!
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip: