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[Slackware 13.0 Released]
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| Slackware 13.0 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find
| two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.1, a
| fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop
| environment, and KDE 4.2.4, a recent stable release of the new 4.2.x series
| of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. We continue to make use of HAL
| (Hardware Abstraction Layer) which allows the system administrator to grant
| use of various hardware devices according to users' group membership so that
| they will be able to use items such as USB flash sticks, USB cameras that
| appear like USB storage, portable hard drives, CD and DVD media, MP3 players,
| and more, all without requiring sudo, the mount or umount command. Just plug
| and play. Properly set up, Slackware's desktop should be suitable for any
| level of Linux experience.
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http://www.slackware.com/announce/13.0.php
Vector Linux - An interesting choice
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| Vector is definitely a very interesting choice. It has a long and exhausting
| installation, but once you get past that stage, you'll start enjoying a well
| laid out desktop, provided you login in the default Xfce session. The desktop
| will offer you a wide range of useful programs across many categories. You'll
| also be able to enjoy multimedia without any extra effort. It will also run
| quite fast. If you like simple eye candy, it can do that, too, rather well.
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http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vector.html
Recent:
Slackware 13.0 RC2 Brings Updated X Server and Video Drivers
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| A few hours ago Slackware's creator, Patrick Volkerding, announced that the
| second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.0 Linux distribution
| was available for download. This update brings numerous new base packages,
| like the Linux kernel version 2.6.29.6, X.Org Server 1.6.3 and the K Desktop
| Environment 4.2.4. However, there are no official ISO builds for this
| release, but those interested in testing Slackware 13.0 RC2 can get it by
| using the link at the end of the article.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Slackware-13-0-RC2-Brings-Updated-X-Server-and-Video-Drivers-118559.shtml
Slackware Linux going 64 bit
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| This might be old news to some of you but for the longest time Slackware
| Linux was x86 only with really no indication that the distro author, Patrick
| Volkerding, would create a port.
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http://www.ninjalane.com/newspost4459.aspx
Five Reasons I Prefer Slackware Over Ubuntu
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| Really, when I thought about doing this I wondered if I could come up with
| five reasons but now Iâm sure I could go on much longer. Slackware is the
| oldest existing Linux distribution and it didnât get to being around this
| long by being sub par. Thereâs a general consensus that the post install
| configuration of Slackware may be a bit too challenging for beginners, but I
| think anyone who can read a copy of the Slackbook and use a Slackware forum
| if need be would be able to do it. Believe me, itâs worth the initial effort
| and like Trent of the Linux Critic says-once you go slack, you never go back.
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http://fullmetalgerbil.com/2009/06/26/five-reasons-i-prefer-slackware-over-ubuntu/
The beginner's guide to Slackware Linux
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| With Pat's central role in Slackware firmly established, we come on to
| patches. Most distros take the original, upstream source code of a program
| and weld on patches â one, two, 10, often more â to fit it in with the rest
| of the software and distro. That's fine for many users, but if you want to be
| sure you're getting what the developer originally intended, you're better off
| with Slackware.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the-beginner-s-guide-to-slackware-linux-609245
Slackware Changes Package Compression Format
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| I run slackware-current on my main workstation and I should keep up to date
| more often than I do. Anyway, on May 8th Patrick switched over to the new
| compression format of xz, based on an LZMA compression algorithm. This
| significantly reduces the size of compressed packages. Great stuff. Anyway, I
| noticed this because when I ran slackpkg upgrade-all it continuously failed.
| I was a bit perplexed but itâs an easy fix if you are a bit late.
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http://www.thelinuxlink.net/myblog/?p=210
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