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Softpedia: "Puppy Linux 'Slacko' 5.3.1 is a bug-fix release of the previous version. It is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.37.6 compiled with Aufs, and layered filesystem support."
Linux, BSD and Everything Else: Most people "know" that Slackware is difficult to install, configure, make work and keep up to date
Linux Career: Package management on Linux systems has always been the subject of endless discussions, flamefests and bickering.
SlackBlogs: "There has been a hot discussion on KDE's packager mailing list about KDE's new policy of splitting up the big packages into several small packages"
Netstat -vat: It has been more years than I care to remember since I last installed Slackware on my desktop...but you can go home again.
Open Source Report: "Where tradition meets tomorrow: Ubuntu and Slackware show two sides of Linux."
Slackware: This is one leet distro.
Approximately one billion Slashdot readers wrote in to tell us today that one of two distributions had releases: The new Ubuntu sports the Unity interface, marking a 'radical departure' from its UI of old. Now the more ancient and bearded amongst you might be interested in Patrick announcing the latest Slackware release which clearly has the most 1337 version number to date. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slackware Linux 13.37, a new version of the world's oldest surviving Linux-based operating system, has been released: "It's true! Slackware 13.37 has been released. Nearly a year in the making, you will appreciate the performance and stability that can only come with careful and rigorous testing. Slackware 13.37....
Linuxaria: "I'll write this time about Slackware and the imminent release of the 13.37 version, why 13.37? strange release number for Slackware, but for the first time Slackware has a codename, it is "leet" so 13.37 = leet"
Patrick Volkerding has once again updated the Slackware "Current" changelog, announcing one last release candidate before the final release of Slackware Linux 13.37: "Hi folks, one more. We'll call this 13.37 RC 4.6692. Thanks to Nicola for suggesting the first Feigenbaum constant could be useful since we used....
Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 1.0, a Linux operating system for computers coming on 24 floppy disks and featuring Linux kernel 0.99pl10 with PS/2 mouse and normal hard drive support: "The Slackware Linux distribution (v. 1.00) is now available for anonymous FTP. This is....
More fun with Slackware's version numbers as Patrick Volkerding announces the latest release candidate for the upcoming Slackware Linux 13.37: "There have been quite a few changes so we will have one more release candidate: Slackware 13.37 RC 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716. Very close now! But we'll likely hold out for....
The third release candidate of Slackware Linux 13.37 is ready for testing: "We'll call this Slackware 13.37 release candidate 3. It seems like most of the important pieces are in place now." The above message comes from the Current ChangeLog which was updated earlier today. Other interesting items....
Patrick Volkerding, the founder and maintainer of the world's oldest surviving Linux distribution, has updated the Slackware Linux "Current" changelog with the following words: "Slackware 13.37 release candidate 2 is ready for testing. Are we almost there?" This comes just one week after the first release candidate. During....
Patrick Volkerding has announced that Slackware "Current", the distribution's development branch, has become release candidate 1 for the upcoming Slackware Linux 13.37: "Hey folks, I think it's time for Slackware 13.37 (hopefully this helps to make up for our lack of code names) release candidate 1! After a....
Linux Operating System: "This is really a very small how-to, actually more than a how-to is a self note, so I can remember how to setup mysql on a recently installed Slackware server."
Das U-blog: "A couple days ago, I reviewed Slackware 13.1. I wanted to see if I could use it post-installation, though from what I had read from commenters and writers on various blogs, it would be tough. At the end, it did prove to be as tough (and for me, fruitless)"
Das U-blog: "I never envisioned myself trying out any of the more advanced distributions like Slackware, Arch, or Gentoo, but having tried derivatives like GNU/Linux Utopia, Chakra, and Sabayon, I think I'm ready to try Slackware and Arch"
ImagineOS: "The second ImagineOS release is finally available. This livecd created by using Linux live scripts with few modifications uses KDE (4.5.1) as desktop environment and its based on Slackware current with more applications and features."
Linux Journal: "There's only one truly pure Linux, and that is Slackware."
Linux.com: "Slackware Linux is still going strong. The Slackware Linux Project released Slackware 13.1 on May 24th.This is just a little by shy of the 17th anniversary of Slackware 1.0 and not quite a year after Slackware 13.0. Delve back into yesteryear with me; you're in for a treat."
Slackware: "Yes, it's that time again! After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware version 13.1!"
Several readers made sure we are aware that Slackware 13.1 release is out. Here's the list of mirrors. "Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.4.3, a recent stable release of the new 4.4.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 13.1: "Yes, it's that time again! After many months of development and careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware version 13.1. Slackware 13.1 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the....
The Slackware Linux development tree is moving rapidly towards the next stable release - it has now reached release candidate 2 status: "Slackware 13.1 RC2. Expect a stable release when it's ready." Among several recent updates there are a security update to Pidgin and a bug-fix update to....
Following a large number of updates, the Slackware "current" tree has now become release candidate 1 (RC1) for the upcoming Slackware Linux 13.1: "We will call this update Slackware 13.1 RC1. With this, the kernel, compiler, and glibc versions are 'golden', and everything is pretty much ready to....
Patrick Volkerding has announced that the Slackware development branch, called "Current", has now reach beta status: "Hi folks! We have some pretty big changes today, with an update to the latest KDE SC 4.4.3, and the addition of support for ConsoleKit and PolicyKit which have been enhanced to....
IT Pro: "...if you use Ubuntu, you'll learn Ubuntu. If you use Slackware, you'll learn Linux..."