Slackware 13.1 Beta 1 is the first testing release of the upcoming update to the venerable Linux distribution. The major change in this release is the switch to KDE SC 4.4.3, which has been finally introduced to the main tree after testing. With this addition, the team believed that the development reached a stage stable enough to label it as a beta...
Yesterday evening, May 18th, Patrick Volkerding announced the second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.1 operating system. Powered by a Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, Slackware 13.1 RC2 comes with the newly released Pidgin 2.7.0 instant messenger and many other fixes. Without further ado, let's take a closer look at the changelog for Slackware 13.1 ...
Patrick Volkerding has announced last evening, September 19th, the immediate availability for download and testing of fifth Release Candidate of the upcoming Slackware 14.0 Linux operating system.
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Slackware 13.37 has been released, the latest major stable update to the venerable Linux distribution, the oldest surviving project that still sees active development. Many packages have been updated, including the desktop environments, and Slackware 13.37 also comes with a recent Linux kernel."After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to ann... (read more)
The popular Mandriva Linux distribution is now very close to the final release of the most recent update. With the release of Mandriva Linux 2010.1 “Spring” RC2, things are now in the home stretch. The second release candidate comes with several bug fixes and a couple of updated programs, Amarok 2.3.1 and KTorrent 4.0. No wo...
Linux.com: "Slackware Linux is still going strong. The Slackware Linux Project released Slackware 13.1 on May 24th.This is just a little by shy of the 17th anniversary of Slackware 1.0 and not quite a year after Slackware 13.0. Delve back into yesteryear with me; you're in for a treat."
I am about to install Slackware . Likely using Salix however a little concerned getting in st the rear end of the 13.37 cycle .
If I install now and in a month anew release of Slackware occurs will a brand new install be required or is there a similar facility to dist-upgrade?
Should I just use slackel and stay on Slackware current?
102 LinuxNov NEWS discussing Distributions release, software, Desktops, Mobile, Window Managers, and many distribution released based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, debian based, Slackware. even more with more software released this week for Mobile, Desktop.
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Slackware Linux 13.1