Slackware 10.1 Released

wikinerd writes "Slackware 10.1 was released and it contains the Linux kernel 2.4.29/2.6.10, X.org X11R6.8.1, KDE 3.3.2, Mozilla 1.7.5, Xfce 4.2.0 and several other updated software, as you can see in the official changelog. You can download it right now via BitTorrent."

Re: How about...

[Welsh Dwarf]

Nothing, they just choose to do something differently, personnally I like having a choice, which is why I use slack. OTOH, if you don't like the choice, you don't have to use slack... try Mandrake, OSX or Windows XP, lot less choice, just IMHO a lot less flexabilitie and fun... HTH David

Slack Slowdown

[erikharrison]

This is great news. Slack is the most important of the one man distros, and it's always a worry that something might make Pat (and Slack, by extension) topple and fall.

But this doesn't seem to be a real worry. Pat's dropped Gnome out of the core distro, which is really better for everyone - Gnome eats up huge amounts of Pat's energy, and Slack has been an Xless or KDE centric distro for a while now. Dropline Gnome is pretty sweet, so even after Gnome was included in Slack, most users I know used Dropline anyway.

Pat's made it clear that he has made plans for Slack to continue in his absence should anything happen to him, so no need to migrate my desktop just yet, and in light of Pat's recent illness the Slack community has really backed him up - and I also like seeing the third party packagers for Slack get included in the distro. It's nice seeing the Slack community gel over the recent trauma.

All in all, Slack seems as healthy as ever, even if of late, Pat hasn't been

Re: How about...

[Anonymous Coward]

I did try Mandrake PPC once, that came with 6 different kernels as I recall.

Dependencies?!?!? No, no, I use Slackware :)

[michelcultivo]

Coming from various distributions that use dependencies on their packages (RedHat, Debian, Conectiva) I got some problems trying to customize some software. And with Slackware my life is getting more easy now, God save Patrick and maintain Slackwares "Free Dependencies".

healthcare

[Anonymous Coward]

>>> So, this verson is going to be wrapped up pretty quickly. I hope people will support the release, because I'm sure I'll have a lot more bills before all of this is through, and I'm blowing through what little money I've managed to save. >>>>

It's a shame that someone who is delivering real benefit to people could be crippled by health costs in one of the wealthiest and most powerful nations in the world. Bullets or bandages people?