I haven't posted for a while but I just wanted to say that Slack 12 rocks! It has been much nicer with my desktop than Slack 11 was. Slack 11 had problems detecting my internal card reader but Slack 12 detects it everytime. Of course I'll admit to being lazy and not putting Slack 12 on my server yet but that will happen soon I am sure.

Welcome back:-)
I'm also very happy with Slackware 12. I'm running it on two boxes right now; it runs very well:-)

This is indeed the best yet.

I really like the way Pat V. puts things together. Prior versions had me wanting to build a new kernel immediately after installation, but not now. That should reduce my coffee intake.

I've recompiled the kernel ever since 4 and i admit i've recompiled on 12 the first couple times i installed it to test but now since i've fully gone over to it, 12's kernel is the first that i actually aprove of being default. I'm still not sure about the smp kernel running on a single core cpu but oh well, 12 is pretty awesome. I do however miss gnome and i've fond myself having to get detached from it using xfce but it'll be even more great when dropline gets released for it.

I'll add my 2 cents on "Slack 12 is awesome" :-)
I installed it on my desktop to replace Ubuntu 6.06 (which I had installed for about 2 years I think) and I fell in love with Slackware all over again. (Slackware 11 has been on my server since it came out, but I hadn't used Slack on my main computer since about 9.1)

I liked it so much, I installed it on my laptop too, replacing Fedora 7! Fedora is nice, but I like how Slackware is so simple and vanilla ;-) In Fedora, pirut (the package installer) and pup (the package updater) always felt slow, and I was worried by how many Fedora specific patches in just about everything. Slackware gave me an excuse to get back to simplicity. Also, I'm a KDE fan, and Amarok rocks my socks off.

Go Slackware!

Well, when you'll stop being lazy or beat that lazyness please tell me how to do it. Because I also haven't updated my server because of lazyness

Hey Guys how about sharing in plain english how you installed slackware12. Can you still make a floppy boot disk to start the install? I am confused because I am reading how kernel is too large for old fashion floppy?

No.
It is. Hence the question; "Would you like to make a bootable USB memory stick?"

Does the bootable USB Memory Stick require a network setup? Otherwise yes
Or could I just use an old barei boot disk, format hdc and then use slackware12 Install CDs? Thanks

Can't you boot from CD?

Chances are You can?

Simple boot from the dvd. I've never done a floppy boot, i dont even a floppy drive installed in my current *nix machine. floppy disks are too small and easy to corrupt. I'm really glad Pat put the option for usb sticks in 12.

If You have a box w/o CD/DVD There might be a chance fro You still:
Copy the DVD to a partition on the HDD (on another box?) and install grub in the MBR of that HDD.
Try to mimic the islinux's conf file in the GRUB's menu.lst of that HDD (install GRUB to MBR with the GRUB's /boot/ to the partition holding DVD's contents):
Once You have GRUB loading huge.s and initrd.gz of the install set You are done.
You will get the install prompt, just carry on as if it was from optical media.

Allow me to doubt this since Ubuntu version numbers are based on the release date. Thus Ubuntu 6.06 means "released on June 2006" and I can't see how you could have installed it 2 years ago.

Dropline Gnome for Slackware 12.0 is available, it is in beta form. I've used the net installer before, it functions very well:-)

http://www.droplinegnome.net/