Slackware 14.2 released

#1

Post by Jeaye » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC

Slackware 14.2 released
slackware.com

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#2

Post by jmclnx » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 9:09 PM UTC

Congratulations to the Slackware team for their hard work!

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#3

Post by slackersc » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 9:14 PM UTC

Awesome! I've been using the release candidate for a while now and its been rock solid. Congrats Slackware team!

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#4

Post by ythl » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 9:43 PM UTC

Well done. Who knew that what basically amounts to a searchable cloud-based chat service could reach a billion dollar valuation. Amazing.

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#5

Post by jcd748 » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

ythl wrote: post #4

Well done. Who knew that what basically amounts to a searchable cloud-based chat service could reach a billion dollar valuation. Amazing.

You're thinking of Slack. Slackware has been around since the very early days of Linux.

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#6

Post by cyphax » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 9:53 PM UTC

Congrats to the Slackware team! I've been following the change logs so I was eager to see this release! Still my favorite operating system after many years. :)

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#7

Post by hodwik2 » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 10:00 PM UTC

I've worked with a lot of linux distros. I'm a Fedora person myself, but enjoyed Debian and Gentoo also.

For Slackware heads, why should I look at Slackware?

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#8

Post by rasengan » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 10:10 PM UTC

hodwik2 wrote: post #7

I've worked with a lot of linux distros. I'm a Fedora person myself, but enjoyed Debian and Gentoo also. For Slackware heads, why should I look at Slackware?

Reliability. Consistency. Battle tested and proven. Sticking to original principle and only making changes pragmatically.

Slackware Linux. One of the oldest and truest Linux distributions, ever.

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

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Post by hodwik » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 10:27 PM UTC

rasengan wrote: post #8

hodwik2 wrote: post #7

I've worked with a lot of linux distros. I'm a Fedora person myself, but enjoyed Debian and Gentoo also. For Slackware heads, why should I look at Slackware?

Reliability. Consistency. Battle tested and proven. Sticking to original principle and only making changes pragmatically. Slackware Linux. One of the oldest and truest Linux distributions, ever.

How does it compare to *BSD?

Re: Slackware 14.2 released

#10

Post by Jeaye » Fri, Jul 01, 2016, 10:31 PM UTC

hodwik2 wrote: post #7

I've worked with a lot of linux distros. I'm a Fedora person myself, but enjoyed Debian and Gentoo also. For Slackware heads, why should I look at Slackware?

Simplicity (not to be confused with ease of use) and stability. Slackware's one of the easiest to understand distros around, from the boot sequence to service and user management.

Not much is done for you, but nothing is hidden from you. As such, it takes work, but it rewards the user with the feeling of knowing the full system.