Shouldn't Slack skip the "Unlucky 13" and go directly to 14 ?

niels.horn · 06-11-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pwc101

I have a VirtualBox disk image (only user is root with no password), a tarball of all the source files (I think) and a set of floppy disk images that comprise most (but not all) of the installation media.

See ftp://ftp.noc.soton.ac.uk/pub/pwc101/

ok, downloading the disk images as I write.

I prefer the fun of installing it myself, but if it doesn't work out, I'll try the virtualbox image.

Another version added to my collection.

Thanks!

pwc101 · 06-11-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by brianL

Probably named after this film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

Isn't it a Grateful Dead reference? I thought PV was a big fan...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick...rding#Personal

brianL · 06-11-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pwc101

Isn't it a Grateful Dead reference? I thought PV was a big fan...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_(song)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick...rding#Personal

Oh yeah. That's a more likely source for it. I'd forgotten that.

pwc101 · 06-11-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by niels.horn

ok, downloading the disk images as I write.

I prefer the fun of installing it myself, but if it doesn't work out, I'll try the virtualbox image.

Another version added to my collection.

Thanks!

No problem

I managed to install it using the floppy disk images, so it's definitely installable. It's not a complete set, as you'll see, but you get a bootable computer afterwards. I posted some screenshots in another thread somewhere...

here it is:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...17#post3495117

brianL · 06-11-2009, 05:46 PM

April 1st, 1909???????
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...8&d=1238605008
Happy Centenary, Slackware!

niels.horn · 06-11-2009, 05:57 PM

The Y2K bug was there...

brianL · 06-11-2009, 06:06 PM

I wonder how long it will take for Debian to reach 13? Will I live to see it?

janhe · 06-11-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by niels.horn

The Y2K bug was there...

So it wasn't a myth afterall...

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianL

I wonder how long it will take for Debian to reach 13? Will I live to see it?

It takes aproximately 2 years for the debian folks to reach another mayor release. Given that the Maya calendar ends in 2012, we'll be lucky if we ever see debian 7.0!
(and we're back on topic->superstitian)

Shingoshi · 06-11-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by empcrono

I think we should have Slackware 13 with some errie dark Halloween Sub Genius theme.

I thought it could be released on October 31rst. November 13th just seems too far off.

Shingoshi

Jeebizz · 06-12-2009, 01:15 AM

I still like my idea, releasing Slackware with the Bob Dobbs head on the disc, a dual layered DVD, layer1, the Subgenius movie Arise, and layer2 the Slackware distro, a special edition 32 and 64-bit that includes Arise! on Apr 13, 2010, or Oct 31 2009 or 2010 is fine too.

niels.horn · 06-12-2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by pwc101

No problem

I managed to install it using the floppy disk images, so it's definitely installable. It's not a complete set, as you'll see, but you get a bootable computer afterwards. I posted some screenshots in another thread somewhere...

here it is:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...17#post3495117

I managed to install the 1.01 release in Qemu.
As the installation script suggests, I used the 'X' disks from SLS (I have SLS-1.03 here) and it worked - after some head-banging

The XFree86 1.3 server doesn't recognize the Cirrus VGA chipset that Qemu emulates, so I had to fall back to the Mono driver. But still, I can play Spider in Slackware 1.01 now

Check the attached screendump!

<edit>
Forgot to mention a funny thing I found out...
The hostname is indeed "darkstar" and is set in /etc/rc.local.
But the /etc/HOSTNAME file contains the name "metallica"

Ah, and this release also contains the (in)famous gonzo / satan / snake users

</edit>

dora · 06-13-2009, 04:17 AM

What fun I missed in Slackwareland lately. I'm buying a round of beers if Patrick decides to skip 13.0 and roll out 12.3...(Yeah, I know that you can pre-order 13.0). But the boss could still change his mind.