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Wed May 19 08:58:23 UTC 2010
Slackware 13.1 x86_64 stable is released!
Lots of thanks are due -- see the RELEASE_NOTES and the rest of the
ChangeLog for credits. The ISOs are on their way to replication,
a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We are taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com, and offering
a discount if you sign up for a subscription. Consider picking up
a copy to help support the project. Thanks again to the Slackware
community for testing, contributing, and generally holding us to a
high level of quality. :-)
Enjoy!
Since there wasn't any update since Wednesday, I've actually had a 13.1 DVD iso since about Thursday when I updated my current mirror.
I usually get the iso by bittorrent and seed it for at least 5-10 copies. This is the first release I've had a current mirror with Eric's script. Is there any way to connect my copy to the official .torrent without having to download it again? Maybe if I check the md5 to make sure it matches, then name it exactly like the official iso? I'll also have to get the 3-4 other text files that comes with it.
*edit*
Funny - I already had Eric's blog open but hadn't read past the first paragraph of his announcement. He mentions a method to do just what I was talking about.
Quote:
Alphageek’s “sligdo files” are a very fast way of creating byte-exact copies of the official ISOs in case you already have a local mirror-copy of the full Slackware 13.1 tree. The ISOs you create with sligdo (http://alphageek.dyndns.org/linux/sligdo/) will pass the GPG verification test. I just hope he will have those sligdo files ready for downlooad in time. If not, I have copies here: http://alien.slackbook.org/sligdo/ .
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