Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 22:30 UTC
Slackware, Slax And Slackware too puts out a test release. Patrick writes in the changelog: "OK, we're going to call this Slackware 12.1-rc1, though there is still some more minor work to do." So there. Just so you know.
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Good news
by Morgan on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 23:08 UTC
Morgan
Member since:
2005-06-29

I don't use Slack anymore since switching back to OS X this year, but it always was and always will be my favorite Linux distro. I learned more about computers during the years I used Slackware than at any other time in my life. It is an amazingly robust OS.

RE: Good news
by 2501 on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 23:39 in reply to "Good news"
2501 Member since:
2005-07-14

I agree. You get absolut control of your OS plus is a rock solid distro. I tried Zenwalk too and it is awesome too.

-2501

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RE[2]: Good news
by UZ64 on Fri 4th Apr 2008 05:32 in reply to "RE: Good news"
UZ64 Member since:
2006-12-05

Same here. I love Slack's philosophy, and although I never really settled with raw Slackware (I don't really want to go without dependency checking), it's one of the two distros I respect the most (the other being Debian). I've been using Zenwalk for... well, as long as I've not been using Windows XP, which has been a couple years by now.

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RE: Good news - offtopic
by gavin.mccord on Fri 4th Apr 2008 10:55 in reply to "Good news"
gavin.mccord Member since:
2005-09-07

One of the things I love about it is that it attracts some right nutjobs.

Just check out alt.os.linux.slackware (that's a newsgroup, for those younger viewers among you). Flamewars on that group seem to last decades.

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