[SOLVED] Slackware64 current newbie confusion with system messages.

jloco · 12-24-2022, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by LuckyCyborg

Permit me to disagree! Hard disagree!

In fact, you help no one! Because treating the development tree of Slackware as a "rolling release" has no other result than delaying the next release as demonstrated by the last development cycle: more "civilians" are on the development battlefront, more slow this development becomes.

And I think that over 5 years of development for Slackware 15.0 is more than enough. I do not want Slackware 15.1 to be released on year of 2030 because you want a "rolling release" in Slackware - which does not exists, BTW...

So, be gentle and do a favor to everyone: either use the latest stable release of Slackware (yes, there's also GNOME4 for it) or go to a true rolling release distribution, like is openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Thanks for the advice, but I didn't ask for any. Nor was I responding to you. No reason to advertise your distro here, I'm not interested, why are you so rude to everyone? Did someone hurt you? I'm sorry you had to re-install Slackware, maybe SUSE is more your speed?

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rkelsen · 12-26-2022, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jloco

For me, it provides many updates to packages which I was previously maintaining myself on 15.0 which I need to build and run the GNOME desktop.

Thanks, this is the kind of input I was looking for.

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Originally Posted by jloco

Sure, some would say "don't run Slackware if you want to use GNOME then"

Personally, I wouldn't say that... But:

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Originally Posted by jloco

Maintaining a desktop that's as large as GNOME and completely unsupported isn't for the faint of heart.

... or the 'poor of time'...

As for me, I can't be bothered with stuff like that. I like being able to just install and use a system with as little change from the defaults as possible... this makes upgrading easier and significantly reduces the time and effort required just to run a system.

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Originally Posted by jloco

You expect Pat to notice and find every thing on his own? Do you really want to get a 15.1 or not? Others input is needed, it's the only way to ensure it gets better and isn't broken for someone. We may not find things right away, but things will be found and the next release will benefit from it.

Absolutely. I get that, but there seem to be many people who run current for nothing but street cred.

The fact that DistroWatch categorise Slackware-current as a rolling release really gets my goat. It's not.