Nov 03, 20 the official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. The slackware documentation project gets a mention in the slackware 14 announcement as well, yay use the weekend to download the iso images our. For people interested in running the latest linux kernel, weve also put configuration files for linux 4. Patrick actually tests his software the way it should be. That was the easiest and smoothest major upgrade in about fifteen years. You will notice that there is rarely the need for an update short of a full distro. Order the latest version of slackware linux on cdrom 6 cds in all, or the whole distribution on a single dvd from the slackware store. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing. If youd like to provide a mirror, please see the mirroring guidelines.
Im looking forward for next big update in current tree for the next few weeks. Older releases of slackware have a kernel that is too old to support liveslaks use of the overlayfs kernel functionality, and are lacking the squashfs tools. If you do not have kde5 packages installed at all, dont worry. I decided that it would be a waste of download bandwidth if i created 32bit compatibility versions of slackware packages myself. The above was published in slackware s changelog earlier today, together with a note on the upgraded linux kernel 4. Anyone interested in giving slackware a try, can use alienb0bs liveslack usb image. With real pam support in core slackware, some packages in csb will be removed soon and slackware should get real pam support. Or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. Nov 15, 20 lets show you how to install java jdk in slackware 14. Ricardo on chromium 81 and the new build process for slackware 14. I will assume that you have a linuxvserver box working.
I installed slackware onto this current drive back in 201220 and its still running like a freshly installed system, in terms of stability. Consider how long slackware releases keep being supported. Jul 11, 2016 in this video we will do a walkthrough of a basic installation of slackware 14. Out of the box just works, with kde or xfce superfriendly for newbees too, but then, if you wish to learn linux throughout, slackware rule them all. Order the latest version of slackware linux on cdrom 6 cds in all, or the whole distribution on a single dvd from the slackware store or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. Note that there is not any guarantee that you will be redirected to an s mirror. This means that slackware gets issued when it is actually ready unlike the crap from microsoft. Nfs quick and dirty setup known to work on slackware 14, 14. Nov 15, 20 some people were asking us to make small tutorial about how to install slackware.
Ive never enjoyed anything more involving computers than i have with slackware. Simplicity, stability, and flexibility are the declared themes of slackware. The only difference to other distro is that slackware is installed in text mode. Uploading 15 gb of new slackware live edition iso images alien. Creating the boot disk once you have selected a boot disk image file from the list below, you will need to create the disk. Please consider supporting the slackware project by picking up a copy of the slackware 14. Bittorrent depends on sharing bandwidth and does not work if there are no seeds downloaders keeping their client open when download is. Thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running. Gradually the bugs and errors get identified and the developer fixed those issue to make a betterperforming operating system.
In this video we will do a walkthrough of a basic installation of slackware 14. That could mean trouble because of the dreaded shared library. Pam is down, next one we are looking for is the new xfce 4. The slackware project has announced a new stable release of the worlds oldest surviving linux distribution. The discs are off to replication, but were accepting preorders for the official 6 cd set and the dvd. The purpose of this note is to setup a guest based on slackware. Feel free to take these now, but consider supporting the project with a visit to store. If you are creating the image from a linux system, the following command. When you install slackware you have the option of installing packages from. Slackware this forum is for the discussion of slackware linux. Sep 28, 2012 i wrote an article for our new slackware documentation project, called upgrading slackware to a new release.
Feel free to take these now, but consider supporting the project with a visit to store thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running. These are the complete instructions and should work for all versions of slackware. The cd set is the 32bit x86 release, while the dvd is a dualsided disc with the 32bit x86 release on one side and. When we release a new version of slackware which is typically once or twice a year we ship it. This updated version brings many enhancements, including xfce 4. Cant say ive ever had anything installed this long before now. If you have issues with calibre 4 and think you can convince me to readd a calibre 3 package to my repository, let me know in the comments section below. After all, you have probably bought the slackware 14. However, the package md5 sums and gpg signatures are intended to be served directly from this site, so you should have an added layer of trust that the content of those files was not modified in transit if you use s instead. Creating an iso image of slackware live edition requires that you are running slackware 14.
It is a free opensource operating system which is making wonders for a long time. While some of the systems tools and messages have switched to 15 for the upcoming release, they arent the official version until pat announces that 15. Originally based on softlanding linux system, slackware has been the basis for many other linux distributions, most notably the first versions of suse linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution that is still maintained slackware aims for design stability and simplicity and to be the most unixlike linux. Kde plasma 5 slackware october release alien pastures.
Slackware linux comes with several boot disk images from which you can choose one. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. I am pleased to say that slackware is the one rare program that isnt perverted by market greed. The table below describes the differences between the images. Slackware is a registered trademark of slackware linux, inc. Slackware linux project has announced the release of slackware version 14.
Slackware is a linux distribution created by patrick volkerding in 1993. We will also take a brief look at the slackware beginners guide. The new stable release of slackware contains x11r7. However, since there is no slackware 15 yet, i assume you mean current. Looking at the two changelogs, it seems ok to me but looking for. He found clisp was available for linux and downloaded sls to run it. If you look at your etcslackwareversion, you will see you are running 14. Or again, you can download the complete slackware distribution from one of our mirrors. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities.