Slackware 14.0 Arrives 183
First time accepted submitter SgtKeeling writes "After 5 release candidates, a new version of Slackware has been released. From the website: 'Yes, it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, development, and testing, the Slackware Linux Project is proud to announce the latest stable release of the longest running distribution of the Linux operating system, Slackware version 14.0! We are sure you'll enjoy the many improvements. We've done our best to bring the latest technology to Slackware while still maintaining the stability and security that you have come to expect. Slackware is well known for its simplicity and the fact that we try to bring software to you in the condition that the authors intended. We will be setting up BitTorrent downloads for the official ISO images. Stay tuned to http://slackware.com/ for the latest updates.'"
Sing it (Score:5, Funny)
For slack's a jolly good distro...
For slack's a jolly good diiiiistrooo...
Which nobody can deny!
Re:Torrents are up now (Score:5, Funny)
torrents? you filthy pirate!
Very Disappointed! (Score:5, Funny)
I downloaded and installed it onto my system from DVD. The system booted up. It found my network card and configured itself via DHCP. I didn't edit xorg.conf but startx loaded up the KDE desktop using the full resolution of my monitor. Plugged in a USB stick and it opened up a file manager with it's contents loaded. I used the system for quite a while and I only had to fire up the terminal to edit /etc/inittab to change the default runlevel to 4 so KDM would load at boot time. Fully an hour into this and I only had to edit one text file?!? What is this? I wanted Slackware, not Yoobuntoo or some other watered down, hand-holding, pick-out-my-clothes-for-me distro! Where's the pain? Where's the challenge? How can I project my true alpha-geek status by casually mentioning that I run Slackware if it's going to be this easy?? If this keeps up I'm going to have to switch to one of the BSDs or Linux from scratch. With my luck, they'll probably automate that process with shell scripts or something as well.
Re:Torrents are up now (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Very Disappointed! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Torrents are up now (Score:5, Funny)
Shhh, don't tell Google. Their bots will block it.
Re:Torrents are up now (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks but I won't bother. I'll just find my 2000-era CDs of Slackware 7 and install it twice.
Re:Very Disappointed! (Score:5, Funny)
If you want pain go and use Windows.
Sorry OP im having a hard time here, what was your point again?
The point is that using Windows is painful. Your post reminded me of this thing I read about... I think it was called Stockholdm syndrome.
I'm happy to see you alive and well... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Very Disappointed! (Score:4, Funny)
The people who have problems with Win8 are the same people that have 12:00 flashing on every digital device they own.
Re:Installing the new version... (Score:4, Funny)
The FAQ page also notes that Slackware is Y2K compliant. Good to know, just in case time ever starts moving backwards.
Re:Pat and Slackware (Score:4, Funny)
All that and a /. id in the 2 millions. Presumably Slackware just got internet support.
Re:Torrents are up now (Score:2, Funny)
This is was SO much easier to download and install... I remember the nightmare that was installing Slackware 1.0 RC 2, and how sore my fingers were afterwards...
"Okay, let's see... I have to start with the boot loader... dit dit dah dit dah dah dit dit dah dit dit dah dah...
Aw crap! That last dah was supposed to be a dit! Ah well, guess I'll start over...
By the time I got it all keyed in and running, Slackware 2.1 was released, and I felt like a fool for wasting all that time installing V1. I know when they went away from punched cards to paper tape for 3.0 it made everybody's lives SO much better. Paper tape is like, WAY faster. The transition to a stack of 25 single sided, single density 180kB, 5.25" floppy disks was mind blowing, and helped gather many fans to Slackware at its pivotal 4.0 release.
Here's to you, Pat!
Re:Installing the new version... (Score:5, Funny)
So you're saying that Slackware is Mayan Calendar Rollover compliant?
Re:Installing the new version... (Score:2, Funny)
http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store/slacktee-mayan?id=LM8CgLHg&mv_pc=29
See the new Slackware 14 T-Shirt for proof.