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01-22-2014, 04:32 PM
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Member
Registered: Dec 2012
Location: California
Distribution: Slackware 14.2
Posts: 44
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Current is almost as stable as the main release version of Slackware.
On occasion some KDE apps would not start after an update.
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01-22-2014, 05:58 PM
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#17
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Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Canada
Distribution: Slackware, Debian, Ubuntu
Posts: 7,444
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Didier Spaier
I agree with jtsn. The fact that you run -current doesn't change its main purpose, and using it is not a good advice for a less experienced user, as he won't neither easily solve problems that could occur nor get a big benefit of it vs -stable.
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I was speaking for myself. I did not advise or direct people to run slackware-current. Having said that I can say from the point of view of running slackware-current for several years that it is remarkably stable.
As Eric said you are expected to be able to trouble-shoot your slackware-current box if you encounter problems.
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01-22-2014, 06:02 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,223
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Rolling release was just a way of saying what I wanted, I know it is not a rolling release. It is like debian testing. Anyways, gonna stay with stable.
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02-03-2014, 11:53 AM
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#19
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Member
Registered: Sep 2011
Posts: 925
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien Bob
Deeming Slackware-current fit for no more than a testing ground (implying an unstable crash-prone environment) does not do it any justice at all.
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For you it's not just testing, it is actually developing the thing, isn't it?
I didn't imply anything. I just declared a constantly changing environment as unfit for production usage
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I run Slackware-current on all my desk/lap computers (except for my servers) all the time.
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This is to be expected from a Slackware developer.  But someone used the term "rolling release".
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02-03-2014, 03:34 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2013
Location: Brazil
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,223
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I know it is not a rolling release, I said it for a lack of a better term.
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02-03-2014, 04:05 PM
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#21
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
Posts: 8,311
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One option: dual boot the stable release with -current, always got something safe to fall back on then. Might try that myself. I did try -current briefly a few releases ago, got in a mess, and dumped it.
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