On 07/08/2016 02:28 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Pat and crew released Slackware-14.2 last week (1 July). For those of us > with supporting subscriptions, the disks are in production and will be > shipped toward the end of the month. This is the penultimate release that > will be available on CDs as well as on a DVD. > > Patience, grasshopper, > > Rich
The Slackware community is celebrating this stellar release of the oldest, most stable and most functional of all Linux distributions. I've already updated since I volunteer on Slackbuilds.org for a number of software packages and needed to perform testing. Sometimes a VM just isn't good enough! I purchased some clothing swag at store.slackware.com to celebrate (needed a new cap to keep the sun off the ol' balding noggin...). Most of my installs go via USB thumb drive or PXE/NFS these days but DVD iso and torrents can be accessed via the announcement: http://www.slackware.com/ So far so good. Plug and play, ready of the desktop: 1. MSI MS-N033 (U123) atom netbook (x86) 2. ASUS x200CA notebook w/ bluetooth (x86_64) 3. Dell Latitude e7440 (x86-64) 4. custom desktop (MSI X99 i7-5820k, GTX660, 16GB RAM, 2TB HD) 5. HP Intel P4 server vintage 2000 - pending. lots of security customization since it is open to the World. Slackware is one of the best distros if you need to set up a hardened system and/or server. For the curious, you can now test drive Slackware-14.2 Live: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware/slackware-live/ gory source details here: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/liveslak/ Just burn the iso to a DVD, or consult the documentation to make a bootable USB stick: http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:liveslak Slackware ships with the classic desktops: KDE, Xfce, fluxbox, blackbox, windowmaker, fvwm, and tbm The Slackware community as added Live edition desktop versions for Mate and Plasma5, as well as a Xfce edition that fits onto a 1GB USB stick. If you are getting tired of the shenanigans in the Debian derived world, give Slackware a try. You will be glad you did. -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug