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Old 05-24-2020, 01:20 PM   #31
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Even though PatV wisely waited before "upgrading" KDE from v3 to v4, IMHO Plasma 5 as of Eric's May KTown performs much better than did the initial inclusion of KDE v4 into Slackware. It's ready from my POV. BTW equating PAM with systemd is akin to equating a pet cat with a bobcat. PAM is nowhere near as intrusive and is optional. Like a "pet" Bobcat, systemd shits all over the house, forces the previous owners to sign a Quit Claim Deed, and then eats the occupants. Seriously guys, paranoia may destroy ya.

Aside from such nonsense I'd actually like to see rEFInd included in Extra, not that it is at all difficult to build from Slackbuilds... just nice to have at Install time.

EDIT: Sorry about the flubbed key typo. I fixed spastic "v3 to v5" now.

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Old 05-24-2020, 05:34 PM   #32
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It's worth noting that RHEL makes a major release about every five years, with minor releases (updates, really) about every eight or nine months.

By comparison, Slackware releases are pretty rapid -- its major/minor releases are equivalent to RHEL major releases (with new kernel, libraries, etc) and its updates are much more frequent (about twice a week for 14.2).

To someone accustomed to a "rolling release" like Ubuntu, it must seem excruciatingly slow, but Ubuntu breaks itself all the time. I'd much rather have a stable operating system than a churny one.
 
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Old 05-24-2020, 05:51 PM   #33
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It's worth noting that RHEL makes a major release about every five years, with minor releases (updates, really) about every eight or nine months.
By comparison, Slackware releases are pretty rapid -- its major/minor releases are equivalent to RHEL major releases (with new kernel, libraries, etc) and its updates are much more frequent (about twice a week for 14.2).
Indeed. Debian has a major release once every two years. It's likely that our release will come in at well under 5 years. I have a hard time understanding the hysteria surrounding our current release cycle. Slackware 15.0 will arrive.
 
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Old 05-24-2020, 06:01 PM   #34
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It's an understandable concern. RHEL is for servers. Slackware is for both, servers and desktops. Desktop users do need somewhat more rapid releases, and there is demand now for features which just aren't available under 14.2, like support for recent GPUs.

Even RedHat recognizes that, which is why Fedora releases on a much more aggressive schedule (and breaks from time to time).
 
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Old 05-24-2020, 07:49 PM   #35
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Desktop users do need somewhat more rapid releases, and there is demand now for features which just aren't available under 14.2, like support for recent GPUs.
True. I moved to Slackware64-current a few years ago. If you are comfortable with the occasional hiccup and daily updates then -current may be for you.
 
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Old 05-25-2020, 02:43 AM   #36
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It's worth noting that RHEL makes a major release about every five years, with minor releases (updates, really) about every eight or nine months.

By comparison, Slackware releases are pretty rapid -- its major/minor releases are equivalent to RHEL major releases (with new kernel, libraries, etc) and its updates are much more frequent (about twice a week for 14.2).

To someone accustomed to a "rolling release" like Ubuntu, it must seem excruciatingly slow, but Ubuntu breaks itself all the time. I'd much rather have a stable operating system than a churny one.
In fact, those "minor releases" of RHEL are the equivalent of the "minor releases" of Slackware, like is 14.2 for example, BUT in the RHEL case, they are shipped at around eight months distance.

So, if Slackware behaved really like RHEL, since the major release of 14.0 in the year of 2012, should had been released every year a new minor release, with updated installer, kernel, etc. Today we should have been using the Slackware 14.8 at least.

However, still we compare RHEL - a Linux distribution guaranteed to work in business or critical environments, with one which is shipped with no guarantees: Slackware.

And no, the Ubuntus aren't rolling releases. For details, please see this link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
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Old 05-25-2020, 09:12 AM   #37
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However, still we compare RHEL - a Linux distribution guaranteed to work in business or critical environments, with one which is shipped with no guarantees: Slackware.
Red Hat is an international company that had revenue of 3.4 billion in 2019; it is a monster.

https://www.redhat.com/en/about/pres...r-2019-results

Red Hat has a ton of support behind it. Slackware has one maintainer and volunteer developers. I prefer Slackware and I will stick with it. Slackware 15.0 will arrive.
 
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Old 05-25-2020, 09:33 AM   #38
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Those of us running plasma5 and xfce4.14 and pamified -current will keep right on doin' so and won't much care if there is any such thing as 15.0 stable...
 
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Old 05-25-2020, 09:36 AM   #39
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Red Hat is an international company that had revenue of 3.4 billion in 2019; it is a monster.

https://www.redhat.com/en/about/pres...r-2019-results

Red Hat has a ton of support behind it. Slackware has one maintainer and volunteer developers.
That's exactly why comparing Slackware with RHEL makes as much sense like comparing a handmade wood yacht for 10, with a nuclear powered aircraft carrier from Gerald R. Ford Class ...

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I prefer Slackware and I will stick with it.
I sincerely doubt that you, or me, we are targeted customers for RHEL...

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Old 05-25-2020, 09:38 AM   #40
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I sincerely doubt that you, or me, we are targeted customers for RHEL...
Unlikely.
 
Old 05-25-2020, 10:21 AM   #41
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In fact, those "minor releases" of RHEL are the equivalent of the "minor releases" of Slackware,
No, the so-called minor releases of RHEL are like Service Packs in Windows, they offer a bundled set of bug- and security fixes, but no real enhancements or updated packages (unless really UNescapable, like for firefox).
For instance RHEL (and thus CentOS) 7 is still using the 3.10 kernel (with a lot of backported fixes and some hardware enhancements) and RHEL 8 is using the 4.18 kernel, which is EOL too at kernel.org (so the RHEL staff have to do their own backports).
So not comparable to the 14.1 to 14.2 upgrade of Slackware:
RHEL 7 is essentially from 2014 and there were 8 "point updates" till now,
RHEL 8 is a year old and has had 2

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should had been released every year a new minor release, with updated installer, kernel,
As I said, NO updated kernel, just a new set of backported patches FOR it.

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Old 05-25-2020, 10:30 AM   #42
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ehartman is 100% right. Every Slackware minor release has an entirely new kernel, major version changes for libraries and new features, which makes them entirely comparable to RHEL's major releases.
 
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Old 05-25-2020, 10:43 AM   #43
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ehartman is 100% right. Every Slackware minor release has an entirely new kernel, major version changes for libraries and new features, which makes them entirely comparable to RHEL's major releases.
Really, that does not matter, because like I said, we compare apples with bananas. Or wooden yachts with nuclear battle ships.
 
Old 05-25-2020, 11:21 AM   #44
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ehartman is 100% right. Every Slackware minor release has an entirely new kernel, major version changes for libraries and new features, which makes them entirely comparable to RHEL's major releases.
Yes, but to clarify, this only applies to slackware-current, slackware64-current the "beta" version of Slackware Linux.
 
Old 05-25-2020, 11:33 AM   #45
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Yes, but to clarify, this only applies to slackware-current, slackware64-current the "beta" version of Slackware Linux.
Huh? No. Every new Slackware version gets a new kernel and libraries, unlike minor updates in RHEL.

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