Hi Guys,

What is the latest from Slackware?

My cut my teeth on Slackware back in the mid-1990s & glad to see its still alive.

Are we up to Version 14?


Phil

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Hello Phil!

01 May 18 12:28, you wrote to all:

What is the latest from Slackware?

My cut my teeth on Slackware back in the mid-1990s & glad to see its
still alive.

Are we up to Version 14?

Slackware 14.2 is the current release for both x86 and x86_64.

Andrew

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Hello Phil,

01 May 18 12:28 at you wrote to All:

Are we up to Version 14?

14.2; version 15 is in the works.

Later,
Sean

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Hi Sean,

14.2; version 15 is in the works.

Downloading it now.

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Hey Andrew,

Slackware 14.2 is the current release for both x86 and x86_64.

Awesome! I will grabbing it tonight. I moved from Slack to FreeBSD 100 years ago becuase I found the ports/package management so much easier to manage. But upgrading was a complete bear - just didnt do it!

BTW: I stopped by your bbs this weekend. It lit the fire of getting Ele on Slack running again.

Thx,
Phil

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Hello Phil,

07 May 18 13:23 at you wrote to Andrew Leary:

Awesome! I will grabbing it tonight. I moved from Slack to FreeBSD 100 years ago becuase I found the ports/package management so much easier
to manage. But upgrading was a complete bear - just didnt do it!

You'll like using SlackBuilds (www.slackbuilds.org). There's a program called sbopkg that works with SlackBuilds but as per the Slackware credo, there's no dependency management. There's a fix for that: there is a script called sbodeps (on Github) that uses sbopkg and will solve dependency issues on its own.

There's slapt-get and a few other package managers that other Slack-based distros use but I am not familiar with them.

Later,
Sean

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Thanks Sean!

Hello Phil,

07 May 18 13:23 at you wrote to Andrew Leary:

You'll like using SlackBuilds (www.slackbuilds.org). There's a
program called
sbopkg that works with SlackBuilds but as per the Slackware credo, there's no
dependency management. There's a fix for that: there is a script
called
sbodeps (on Github) that uses sbopkg and will solve dependency issues
on its
own.

SlackBuild is awesome! Very easy & once I realized that I still had to run installpkg, piece of cake!

There's slapt-get and a few other package managers that other
Slack-based
distros use but I am not familiar with them.

Later,
Sean

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Thx,
Phil

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Hello Phil,

13 May 18 21:41 at you wrote to me:

SlackBuild is awesome! Very easy & once I realized that I still had to
run installpkg, piece of cake!

I highly recommend using sbopkg and sbodeps than running a SlackBuild straight. A lot less of a headache.

Later,
Sean

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Hello Phil,

Hi Sean,

13 May 18 21:41 at you wrote to me:

SlackBuild is awesome! Very easy & once I realized that I still had
to run installpkg, piece of cake!

I highly recommend using sbopkg and sbodeps than running a SlackBuild straight. A lot less of a headache.

Awesome recommendation. D/l'd it & enjoying life. Now I have to find something else to waste time on...

Later,
Sean

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Thx
Phil

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