The pressure of delivering the slackware web site especially at release time has been an issue for some time. For shipping options, see the slackware store website. Latest slackware version doesnt cut newbies any slack. Slackware is a linuxbased operating system which aims for design stability and simplicity. Because of this, slackware is released with far fewer bugs and holes than.
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. When slackpkg has updated its internal database, the first thing to do is to upgrade slackpkg itself to the latest version including the urls for the new slackware release and any package upgrade rules that apply to the new release. Or again, you can download the complete slackware distribution from one of our mirrors. I used it, and even on my little dell 11 with a pentium, it ran very well. Volkerding also maintains a testingdevelopmental version of slackware called current that can be used for a more bleeding edge configuration. And upgrading or installing anew after backup is not at all a daunting task anyway. Plus, theres no need to upgrade as soon as new version shows, and you will need to wait a few more weeks to see the new third party software provided by available for the new version. Or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. Slackware is one of those linux distros often described as being difficult to use.
Other than an update under the hood, it offers little thats new in terms of usability and few new features. The slackware linux project has released their version 12. For example, slackware does not release a new version until. Every time i do something with slackware it brings back a lot of memories. Just type slackpkg and all packages in the official slackware linux mirrors will be in your hands. Akamai the leading global content delivery network have generously provided us with extensive global content caching and internet routing performance enhancements, allowing us to keep the site up, even at peak times a big thanks to the guys at akamai for making this happen.