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And again slackware is down. I cant help thinking if something happens once its a mistake - but twice looks deliberate.
No matter what the slackboys claim about the demise of slack not happening it does not look good.
Time for us all to look for a replacement distribution.
The website is simply not a priority. If you look at the -current changelog, there is plenty of activity. Heck even 13.37 has been tracking the latest Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird update blitz.
Even IF, and I say IF because it won't happen any time soon, Slackware died, someone would pick up the pieces and continue on with a spiritual successor. It has way too much of a following to just die.
Please relax and go for a nice long walk. Slackware is and always will be my distro.
P.S. I recently bought another Slackware T-shirt at the store. Let us support the cause in any way we can.
Funny, I just did the same thing last night. I'd been meaning to buy the 13.37 T-shirt, this whole website business just gave me a great excuse to do it.
No, and I don't want to start a new "are we there yet" thread, so I state this explicitly: there is no new release around the corner.
It's just that some people think Slackware development stops whenever the website goes down. People, there is a lot of activity behind the scenes, and reviving a stupid web site is not going to take away precious time. The next ChangeLog entry will have nice updates to play with.
No, and I don't want to start a new "are we there yet" thread, so I state this explicitly: there is no new release around the corner.
It's just that some people think Slackware development stops whenever the website goes down. People, there is a lot of activity behind the scenes, and reviving a stupid web site is not going to take away precious time. The next ChangeLog entry will have nice updates to play with.
And again slackware is down. I cant help thinking if something happens once its a mistake - but twice looks deliberate.
No matter what the slackboys claim about the demise of slack not happening it does not look good.
Time for us all to look for a replacement distribution.
Man, you are talking for yourself... move on and stop spreading panic, or go and provoke it on another community.
I cannot think of a happier and satisfactory experience using a Linux flavour. One year and counting, and my equipment working as in the first day after installation. Updates? Upgrades? Those really needed are already in ./patches/packages/ (Thanks Pat, Eric, Robby, etc...); what about those updates required because of SBo's or other packages installed by myself? well, rest assured that I (as maybe most slackers around) have learnt how to keep an eye on those little daemons...
No a new version of Slackware around the corner? Great, one less thing to do, more time to enjoy the sun, the beach, the life
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