On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Jim Webb wrote: > Rich, I just looked at the Slackware site and I'm concerned that they > haven't done much since 2013. I used to use Redhat in the past.
Jim, I used Red Hat from 4.0 (1997) to 7.1 (2003) and Slackware since then. I don't recall when 14.1 (the current distribution version) was released, but there have been a ton of patches since then. 14.2 or 15.0 is supposedly almost ready for prime time, but I don't follow the development, just use it for everything I need. Many distributions want to upgrade versions frequently. While I suppose they have their reasons for doing so, I don't know how necessary that is. Pat and crew put out patches as needed to remove vulnerabilities. I use slackpkg every Friday to check for updates on installed packages here; I have them from 3 repositories. So the same distribution number for a couple of years does not mean the distribution is rusty, corroded, or collecting dust. :-) Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
