From what I read, Slackware is not a source based distribution like Gentoo, but it is shipped as a set of binary packages, just like Fedora or Ubuntu.

There is a project named Slackware From Scratch, which has the objective, well... to build the Slackware from scratch, but I do not think it is of general interest as a way to install Slackware, but rather to find a way to (re)build Slackware by the advanced users and/or developers.

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Thank you. Seriously appreciate the offer. I was thinking of a way to install Slackware from source which is a little over the top. About to enter some certification courses for RHCSE and more. Want to try to get an old Friend (Slackware) working on relatively new hardware. A project of sorts. Ill try a standard SMP kernel tomorrow and with Aliens upslack.sh script I can upgrade the kernel on usb stick as long as its a Slackware package or existing image. Adds fallback menu entry automatically too. If I do a nop on boot it should avoid persistence and make for a clean way to do. Need to get working DRM on amdgpu in a gui before committing to installation.

Thanks again!

If you just need things that are more recent, you can always try -current. It is the development version that will eventually become Slackware 15.0. There is always the possibility of bugs with it, but it usually runs great with the occasionally rare breakage.

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5.2-rc3

The newest "mainline" development kernel, version 5.2-rc3, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.2-rc3.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/00679.html

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FWIW I have been running a mildly custom build (low-latency) of 5.0.20 (up from 5.0.3) for the past 2 days on 14.2 Multilib and it appears rock solid.

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Here we go, again.

Another round of updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday morning, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

There will be fewer patches this time around. Forty for 5.1.7, thirty-six for 5.0.21 and thirty-two for 4.19.48.

And, please keep in mind.....
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...6.0/01088.html

Thanks for the heads up, cwizardone, did you notice any reason why 5.0.x is so quickly coming to EOL?

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About the usual lifetime:

5.0 04-Mar-2019 - 5.0.21 ca. 04-Jun-2019
4.20 24-Dec-2018 - 4.20.17 19-Mar-2019
4.18 12-Aug-2018 - 4.18.20 21-Nov-2018
4.17 03-Jun-2018 - 4.17.19 24-Aug-2018
4.16 01-Apr-2018 - 4.16.18 25-Jun-2018
4.15 28-Jan-2018 - 4.15.18 19-Apr-2018

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Thank you. Petri, I'd never actually checked before. I suppose that's because I kept kernel versions longer than I seem to do of late. Interesting...

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This is pretty common on non-LTS kernels. They'll release a new kernel and the next month they'll EOL the previous one (unless it is an LTS, obviously). So, since 5.1 was released in May 2019, 5.0 will be EOL in June 2019.

Have a look on Wikipedia for more specific timelines.

Kernel updates 5.1.7, 5.0.21 [EOL] and 4.19.48 are now available at

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...hangeLog-5.1.7

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.0.21

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.48

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5.x.y-LTS any soon?

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Usually, every fifth kernel release is designated, LTS. If Greg K-H continues to follow that policy it could be October before we see the next Long Term Service kernel.

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Which means Slackware 15.0 wouldn't be out till at least early Autumn.

Slackware 15.0 will release with an LTS.

It would be 5.3 then, most likely

http://phb-crystal-ball.org/

If we're lucky 15.0 will be out by the end of the year [I'm personally hoping for a Hallowe'en release {great party opportunity}].

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Unless Pat releases it with the current 4.19 kernel, which is a LTS one (although all recent kernels - even the LTS ones - are not very stable yet and it isn't likely 5.3 will be more so).
Kernel updates from 4.9 upwards still happen at least once a week and the 4.19 and 5.x ones TWICE a week.

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