Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 26th Jun 2007 09:03 UTC, submitted by lost
Today Patrick J. Volkerding
announced Slackware Linux 12.0 RC2. There are no big new features, this is almost a collection of bug fixes. A review of the RC1 can be found here (translation). A review of the Slackware-based Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO can also be found here.
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2005-07-12
i tried in earnest to get that set up under 11.0, that udev stuff is pretty nasty, this was running on vmware fusion on my mac pro. i've been a long time slack user since 2000, too, not having a default 2.6 kernel has always been a problem. in the earlier 2.6 kernel series before udev took over, i could just drop in the 2.6 kernel latest code and compile, but since they introduced udev, it's been tough getting a kernel that loads all my device drivers properly. of course that doesn't mean the slack distribution is at fault, more like the kernel, but the fact that slackware was still based on the 2.4 kernel just made me turn to other distributions (gentoo). but even with gentoo, i still loved slack, i feel like i have complete control over the environment and that it's simple, stable, elegant.
ideal linux would be a slackware optimized for the latest hardware with the latest kernel which of course goes against the original charter which is to work with even i386 hardware. but come on, how much of that old equipment still works and with the price coming down on new hardware, why even deal with it.
i don't like slamd64 because to me i don't know how long it will be around.
Edited 2007-06-26 09:36