Slackware Release Candidate x86_64 Architecture Changelog

brianL · 07-03-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

I think you people wanting the bleeding edge should consider another distro. Slackware is about stability not bleeding edge, and yet I see many comments here that suggest many people want Pat V to stuff the latest bleeding edge software into the newest release then shove it out the door. I recommend Fedora Core for you people.

I'm glad Pat V resists such suggestions, otherwise Slackware would be very different.

I'll second that.

metrofox · 07-03-2009, 05:02 AM

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Slackware is about stability

Well, I'll compile KDE4.3 by myself...

onebuck · 07-03-2009, 07:14 AM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by metrofox

Well, I'll compile KDE4.3 by myself...

Good Luck!

Hangdog42 · 07-03-2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

I think you people wanting the bleeding edge should consider another distro. Slackware is about stability not bleeding edge, and yet I see many comments here that suggest many people want Pat V to stuff the latest bleeding edge software into the newest release then shove it out the door. I recommend Fedora Core for you people.

I'm glad Pat V resists such suggestions, otherwise Slackware would be very different.

And I'll third that sentiment. Pat V's approach to Slackware is the single biggest reason why I use it. And in looking around these forums, I think it has saved us all a lot of headaches.

SqdnGuns · 07-03-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Hangdog42

And I'll third that sentiment. Pat V's approach to Slackware is the single biggest reason why I use it. And in looking around these forums, I think it has saved us all a lot of headaches.

Same same......................

BrZ · 07-03-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob

No KDE 4.3 either.

Eric

No problem. For my surprise, KDE 4.2.4 was amazing fast on my low end hardware (for the actual standards).

hitest · 07-03-2009, 06:57 PM

I'm looking forward to this.

I will be out of position when 13.0 is released (I'm on holidays starting tomorrow); I'll be back home to my DVD burner in late July.
Many thanks to PV and the entire Slackware team for their dedication!

gargamel · 07-04-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by hitest

I'm looking forward to this.

[...]
Many thanks to PV and the entire Slackware team for their dedication!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(13 exclamation marks)

gargamel

Shingoshi · 07-07-2009, 02:09 PM

I guess if you want the closest thing to bleeding edge (Slackware) software packages, you'd have to run Slackware(64)-current.

Shingoshi

onebuck · 07-07-2009, 03:08 PM

Hi,

Flame bait or just sarcasm?

Shingoshi · 07-07-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by onebuck

Hi,

Flame bait or just sarcasm?

Simply noting that if anyone wants KDE or any other package not present in the release, they'd have to use slackware(64)-current. Because that's where the packages are tested before being released. Although, probably for some packages, you'd have to use /testing. Because I think the /testing packages are only put in /*-current after having been somewhat established. However, KDE-4.2 is already in use, and therefore won't be in /testing for KDE-4.3. But I don't think anyone would want to use /testing without running /*-current as well. So in any case, you'll be using /*-current.

Shingoshi

simonb1975uk · 07-08-2009, 06:27 AM

slackware.com is down. Is the new version ready and they're just updating the site?

Shingoshi · 07-08-2009, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by simonb1975uk

slackware.com is down. Is the new version ready and they're just updating the site?

I wouldn't read anything into the site being down. It's been down for about a day. It happens more than once.

This may not be related. But there's been a major cyber attack on the internet against many government and other sites. It happened over the weekend, when I first noticed the site was down.

Shingoshi

Bruce Hill · 07-08-2009, 07:08 AM

They had a hardware failure on the webserver. It is being worked
on now and will be back online asap. You can still get all the
Slackware goodness from ftp.slackware.com or another official
mirror.

onebuck · 07-08-2009, 09:28 AM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Shingoshi

I wouldn't read anything into the site being down. It's been down for about a day. It happens more than once.

This may not be related. But there's been a major cyber attack on the internet against many government and other sites. It happened over the weekend, when I first noticed the site was down.

Shingoshi

Actually problems were experienced on Friday 7-2-9 then down on the 4th.