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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 22:30 UTC

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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RE[3]: Comment by Oliver

by sbergman27 on Sat 5th Apr 2008 15:31 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by Oliver"

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Solving dependencies has nothing to do with UNIX-like,

Then what exactly did you mean by your original statement? The simplistic tar.gz package management, and relative lack of intuitive admin tools are Slackware's primary distinguishing factors.

comparing it with Solaris makes me laugh by the way.

Me too. But probably for different reasons.

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