I expect we’ll start seeing some slackware-11.0 packages showing up in slackware-current soon. Anyone know if /etc/slackware-version has been updated in -current yet?
It’s hard to say exactly when we’ll see Slackware 11 officially released. In the months before a new release, there’s always huge amounts of speculation going on as to the exact [...]
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Steve Castle is thinking about switching himself over to linux. So far, it’s a choice between Slackware and Ubuntu. Good choices. I mean, I would never choose Ubuntu, for obvious reasons.
I’ve been playing around with a few LiveCD distros of Linux, including Slackware and Ubuntu. I defnitely like the interfaces of each, [...]
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Several updates were included in the -current tree recently, one notable change is a security fix to x11. This bug (which consists of a single missing bracket) would allow users to execute arbitrary code as root. It is suggested you upgrade your system, which can be done easily through swaret(my personal preference) or slapt-get.
Wed May [...]
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Eric Hameleers runs a great slackware resource site that many people probably don’t know about. I was unaware of it’s existance until I came across this post at StrayPackets.
So, what’s so great about this site you ask? StrayPackets put it pretty well, so I’ll just let them explain:
Many SlackBuild scripts that automate the [...]
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Glen Journeay has done a review of Dropline Gnome 2.14.0 over at Linux.com. Dropline Gnome 2.14.1 was released on May 01. Glen paints a very positive portrait in his review, prompting one commenter to give DLG a try.
Here’s his summary:
I have to admit that dropline GNOME satisfies a very basic itch. I get [...]
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