Slackware Linux 14.1 Released 136
An anonymous reader writes "According to the official announcement, Slackware 14.1 includes the following: 'Slackware 14.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.10.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.10.5, a recent stable release of the 4.10.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.' Installation ISOs can be found here."
amused that they talk about the DT environs (Score:4, Informative)
when real Slackware users only use command lines :)
Re:packages (Score:5, Informative)
Good dependency management keeps track of such things for you over the long term as well. apt-get _will_ tell you of libraries that were installed in support of applications that you've since removed, and gives you the ability to remove those libraries as well with the auto-remove function. It does not automatically remove them with the application, which can leave cruft on your system, but has the advantage that if you've found the library handy for some program you're writing, but haven't explicitly toled the package management system that your app depends on it, you're not breaking your own application.
Re:Bundled with proprietary software... (Score:4, Informative)
To get on that list you only have to include the full unmodified kernel.
Since Slackware always uses the full unmodified kernel then it will always be there unless the kernel devs fix it up.
I also believe there is a special agreement regarding the non-free program xv.