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Distrowatch Takes on Slackware

Adam Scheinberg 2002-12-20 Slackware, Slax 21 Comments

CRM wrote in to tell us that the folks at Distrowatch have tried Slackware on for size. The review can be found in its entirety here. Conclusions are not surprising: impressive, stable distro, but if you like bells and whistles, stay away.

Review: Slackware Linux

Eugenia Loli 2002-12-04 Slackware, Slax 21 Comments

"Slackware 8.1 is a four-disk set. The first disk in the set is the only one you really, absolutely need to install Linux. The second CD is a live filesystem CD that can be used to boot into Linux without installation. Disks three and four contain source code and the "contribs" — software that's not part of the main distribution, but that you might want anyway." Read the review at UnixReview.

The Linux Distribution that’s Always in the Black

Eugenia Loli 2002-10-04 Slackware, Slax 25 Comments

Many of today's new Linux users wouldn't have a clue as to who Patrick Volkerding is. For the brigade whose main arguments are over the merits of this GUI and that, the word Slackware wouldn't ring a bell either. But for many others who jumped on the Linux bandwagon when it was exclusively for geeks, Volkerding is a hero. In early 1993, he started the distribution called Slackware which was basically an attempt to address many of the problems people faced with SoftLanding System Linux, the first and only commercial Linux at the time. Read the interview at TheAge.

Announcing Initial Slackware 9.0 Beta

Submitted by mRgOBLIN 2002-08-31 Slackware, Slax 15 Comments

Also from DistroWatch:If you thought that Slackware developers were going to take a long break after the 8.1 release, you were wrong: "We're happy to announce the initial Slackware-9.0-beta based on gcc-3.2. :-) Please test it and report any bugs that you find. The above message is from the current ChangeLog. See the pre-release notes and the complete package list for further information. Apart from GCC, many other packages have also been upgraded, including Linux Kernel (2.4.19), KDE (3.0.3), Perl (5.8.0) and Netscape (7.0), but GNOME packages were left at versions found in Slackware 8.1 (1.4.1).

Slackware 8.1 Released

Submitted by Richard James 2002-06-19 Slackware, Slax 26 Comments

Slackware 8.1 has been released and is available for download. An installation ISO image can be found here.You can pre-order the Slackware 8.1 official 4 CD-ROM set at Slackware's store. Highlights of this release include KDE 3.0.1, GNOME 1.4.1 (with new additions like Evolution), the Mozilla 1.0 browser, kernel 2.4.18, support for filesystems like ext3, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS, and support for several new SCSI and ATA RAID controllers. Mirrors available.

Slackware 8.1 RC3 is Released for Testing

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-11 Slackware, Slax 7 Comments

The third release candidate for Slackware 8.1 has been released. Changelog here.

Taking Up the Slack(ware)

Eugenia Loli 2002-06-07 Slackware, Slax 13 Comments

"In the last episode, I explained that my Linux boxes run Slackware and XFCE and aren't encumbered by KDE and GNOME. I'm happy to report that they all still run Slackware -- and one of them now also has both KDE and GNOME, because I installed Slackware's 8.1 release candidate 2." Read the preview at LinuxPlanet.

Slackware 8.1 RC-2 Released

Submitted by Mark Hill 2002-06-02 Slackware, Slax 4 Comments

Pat Volkerding has announced the release of the Slackware 8.1 RC-2. The changelog has more details.

Slackware 8.1 RC1 Now Available

Eugenia Loli 2002-05-26 Slackware, Slax 10 Comments

"The first release candidate for Slackware 8.1 is now available on ftp.slackware.com (and hopefully some mirrors by now). Recent additions to -current include Mozilla-1.0rc3, KDE-3.0.1, and gcc-3.1. This is all leading up to what we're hoping will be the best Slackware release ever!" Changelog, mirrors.

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