The "current" branch of GnomeSlackBuild is now 12.2-ready.

Thanks, now I can install slackware 12.2 and retain my gnome desktop

GSlacky will be ready "sometime" in February. Sometime meaning anytime after the 1st and before the 28th, maybe.

I am using GSB (2.22.1) but just selected packages. Whole GSB is too big, too many packages for the same things. I liked Dropline more because it had less packages, one application for one function.

GSB 2.22.1 is little bit inconsistent about asking root password for some admin tools (i.e. user administration); sometimes asks you for a password and sometimes it does not. And if it does not, all changes you make are not saved. That does not bother me because I never use these gui tools, but GSB has some flaws.

But still .. I like GSB more than KDE although my last KDE was 2.x

I am not a Gnome user, but if I recall it correctly, one nice thing about GnomeSlacky is that it makes it easy to install individual packages, that you really need, without having to install the full-blown desktop environment for only a couple of programs with no KDE (or XFCE or Xlib) equivalent. At least, that's what they claim.

On other distros and with other Gnome ports for Slackware dependency hell can be rather deep, as far as I know.

But I am a KDE user, so the above may be incorrect or outdated.

gargamel

Have you reported this to their mailing lists?

no, I did not and I feel guilty now :).

I had some other problems first time I installed it and after removing all gsb packages and reinstalling only the main ones, everything started to work. I noticed this problem with passwords for admin tools sometimes later but I forgot about it as I do not use these tools. And I never thought about it till yesterday...

To cleanup your Slackware distribution just use slackpkg which is included in the 12.2 distro. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. Regardless of what version of Gnome you try, after going through their uninstall process you can run:

1. # slackpkg update
2. # slackpkg clean-system
3. # slackpkg upgrade-all

Be sure you have uncommented a mirror close to you in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors file for the 12.2 version.

Note: You may also need to run "slackpkg install-new" if packages are missing.

Gslacky 2.24.3 is now available for Slackware 12.2 - and looking mighty fine.

Thanks to all our Italian friends for their efforts in making this another stable GNOME release.