Slackware 12.1 released
June 9, 2008 by Clair Ching
Filed under The Free World.
They say that Slackware users masochists. But that’s probably because of the compiling that you still have to do in case that there are no packages, in case that there are no bundled drivers, etc. Slackware is the oldest Linux distro and those who are not new to it would say that it is one of the best distros. You could check it out if you want to learn what Linux is really like.
Features include:
- Kernel 2.6.24.5
- glibc 2.7
- x11 7.3.0+
- gcc 4.2.3
- Apache (httpd) 2.2.8 web server with Dynamic Shared Object support, SSL, and PHP 5.2.5
- PCMCIA, CardBus, USB, IEE1394 (FireWire) and ACPI support
- udev dynamic device management system for Linux 2.6.x
- updated versions of the Slackware package management tools
- web browsers: Konqueror 3.5.9, Seamonkey 1.1.9, Firefox 2.0.0.12,/li>
- KDE 3.5.9
If you want other packages, you could also get them from here and here.
I know one thing. I started using Ubuntu almost 2 years ago and now I’m using Slackware 12.1. It’s much faster and stable. Of course not easiest distro, but there is this feeling for me, that I can use the oldest active GNU/Linux distro. It’s awesome!
I started using Ubuntu since 2005 and now I’m using Slackware 12.1.
Slackware 12.1 is faster and more stable.