Curious, what do you like about Slackware? I had a look at the web page and the post on the front page is from 2022. Is that really the kernel version that comes with Slackware now?
Is Slackware intended to be like an offline distro? Or am I misunderstanding how the release model works?
Slackware is the linux arch users wish they could maintain. I keep a machine with it installed. If you want to know how it all works then slackware is a good place to learn. Having said that It has a near vertical learning curve for new users.
Slackware is the linux arch users wish they could maintain.
Could you uh… go into more detail? I don’t ask for anything else from my Arch install so I’m curious what Slackware has to offer that’s better than Arch.
It’s a distro that maximizes stability and KISS design. If you used it 20 years ago, you’ll still feel at home today.
And it’s so simple, it’s basically just a selection of software and a number of bash scripts.
The release model is “whenever Patrick Volkerding decides it’s ready”.
Slackware looks dead at first glance. The last stable release took 5 years, the website isn’t updated, all official online documentation is outdated.
But the people involved coordinate on linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ , the Current branch is as active as Arch, and the up-to-date documentation comes in text files that are right in the directory where you need them on an installed Slackware system.
No, you’re getting updates.
I’m on the Stable branch. My Firefox and Thunderbird from this branch are newer than the versions released as Flatpak, for example.
It worked well from that perspexrive. Remember that when it started, always-on connectivity rich enough to download hundreds of megabytes was a novelty, but you could get a Slackware CD that just worked.
No, my Firefox and Thunderbird for example are newer versions than the Flatpaks.
In practice, Slackware doesn’t have the manpower to fix version numbers and backport security fixes, so if there’s a vulnerability or critical bug, they’ll often pull a newer version from upstream and push it to the stable repo after testing it.
Curious, what do you like about Slackware? I had a look at the web page and the post on the front page is from 2022. Is that really the kernel version that comes with Slackware now?
Is Slackware intended to be like an offline distro? Or am I misunderstanding how the release model works?
Slackware is the linux arch users wish they could maintain. I keep a machine with it installed. If you want to know how it all works then slackware is a good place to learn. Having said that It has a near vertical learning curve for new users.
Could you uh… go into more detail? I don’t ask for anything else from my Arch install so I’m curious what Slackware has to offer that’s better than Arch.
It’s a distro that maximizes stability and KISS design. If you used it 20 years ago, you’ll still feel at home today.
And it’s so simple, it’s basically just a selection of software and a number of bash scripts.
The release model is “whenever Patrick Volkerding decides it’s ready”.
Slackware looks dead at first glance. The last stable release took 5 years, the website isn’t updated, all official online documentation is outdated.
But the people involved coordinate on linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ , the Current branch is as active as Arch, and the up-to-date documentation comes in text files that are right in the directory where you need them on an installed Slackware system.
So like, you aren’t using packages from 2022, then? Or, you are if you’re on the stable branch? Am I getting close?
No, you’re getting updates.
I’m on the Stable branch. My Firefox and Thunderbird from this branch are newer than the versions released as Flatpak, for example.
Huh, interesting.
Maybe I’ll understand better if I try to install it in a VM or something. 😁
It worked well from that perspexrive. Remember that when it started, always-on connectivity rich enough to download hundreds of megabytes was a novelty, but you could get a Slackware CD that just worked.
So all the package versions really are locked to the Slackware version from 2022 then? Is that how it works? If so that’s very… stable.
No, my Firefox and Thunderbird for example are newer versions than the Flatpaks.
In practice, Slackware doesn’t have the manpower to fix version numbers and backport security fixes, so if there’s a vulnerability or critical bug, they’ll often pull a newer version from upstream and push it to the stable repo after testing it.