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14.2 thanks for that to everyone involved in producing such a rock solid distro and when the dvd's and a new t-shirt appear in the shop I'll be buying as usual, but in the meantime I'll be upgrading from current at some point but I'm in no rush.
I hate to crash the party, but since there are known remaining bugs, this release comes a little premature for my taste. Yes, only a minority (e.g. users of ecryptfs) will be affected and yes, the average Slacker will know how to fix it - but still...
The good news is, every time there's a new stable release, the slew of early adopters reveals a few more bugs. In a couple of months those new bugs (and the ones we already know about) will be fixed, and those of us with a zero-tolerance policy for bugs can install then.
I feel a little bad not doing my part to find those bugs, so I made up for it by buying a tee-shirt from store.slackware.com yesterday. Still seems like too small a price to pay for using the best Linux distribution on the planet.
I feel a little bad not doing my part to find those bugs, so I made up for it by buying a tee-shirt from store.slackware.com yesterday. Still seems like too small a price to pay for using the best Linux distribution on the planet.
Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you; I have a subscription. Just finished UpgradeFest 2016; I upgraded 4 boxes to 14.2. I'm leaving one box at slackware64-current.
The word "premature" almost made me spit out my beer over the keyboard.
I'll say. After 970 days, no new release of any distro could conceivably be called 'premature'. Six months, yes, but not over 2 years. How anyone could say such a thing is beyond me. Besides, no software is perfect, only released.
There are certainly remaining bugs, but delaying the release would not have changed this situation. As long as these bugs do not eat the wires of our computers thus triggering short-circuits, we can live with that.
More seriously, my assumption is that Patrick found a "window of opportunity" to deliver a consistent system whose all components where reasonably recent, safe and without show-stopping bugs. It just happened yesterday. Enjoy!
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 07-02-2016 at 03:04 PM.
Just saw this article on Softpedia. Next generation, indeed! I'll take ancient generation over next generation as long as it continues to do its job satisfactorily. Newer isn't necessarily better...
Last edited by 1337_powerslacker; 07-02-2016 at 06:53 PM.
Just saw this article on Softpedia. Next generation, indeed! I'll take ancient generation over next generation as long as it continues to do its job satisfactorily. Newer isn't necessarily better...
Yes I saw that earlier and had to snicker a bit.
Quote:
As we can see from the release notes, there's no sign of the next-generation systemd init system in Slackware 14.2
As opposed to something truthful, like...
"Slackware 14.2 continues its reputation of providing stability over fad by using the long proven init system and scripts so popular among Slackware users and others!"
All tech journalism-so-called today is totally and only click-baited ad delivery, so while they were obliged to report the new Slackware release, their ad clients require them to taint it with an "acceptable" bias... and it is just a taint.
Slackware will remin the only "next generation" OS for me, for as long as Pat cares to continue and then some I suspect. By the time that changes all journos will be fully M$ licensed, intellectual FREEDOM and the old FREE internet will only be spoken of in guarded conversation if at all, and we will be into the inevitable next holy war against ownership of our minds and bodies.
Slackware-current is very stable. I think it was time for a new release.
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Originally Posted by astrogeek
Yes I saw that earlier and had to snicker a bit.
As opposed to something truthful, like...
"Slackware 14.2 continues its reputation of providing stability over fad by using the long proven init system and scripts so popular among Slackware users and others!"
All tech journalism-so-called today is totally and only click-baited ad delivery, so while they were obliged to report the new Slackware release, their ad clients require them to taint it with an "acceptable" bias... and it is just a taint.
Slackware will remin the only "next generation" OS for me, for as long as Pat cares to continue and then some I suspect. By the time that changes all journos will be fully M$ licensed, intellectual FREEDOM and the old FREE internet will only be spoken of in guarded conversation if at all, and we will be into the inevitable next holy war against ownership of our minds and bodies.
Yellow journalism. The next generation is where the OS producer decides for you what you can install, how long it will last on your system, and your privacy levels (little or none). The user base of Slackware is used to the simple init and script system.
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and when the dvd's and a new t-shirt appear in the shop I'll be buying as usual, but in the meantime I'll be upgrading from current at some point but I'm in no rush.
