Slackware 12.2 Final is released

[Antman]

http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.2.php

Slackware 12.2 is released as -stable. Thanks as always to everyone who helped
make this a great point release in the Slackware 12.x series. Without such a
great community surrounding it, Slackware could not possibly be as stable and
reliable as it is. Thanks to the Slackware Crew, the users of LinuxQuestions,
people contributing ideas and patches on IRC and other Slackware forums, the
developers at slackbuilds.org for bringing in new technologies, and everyone
else who shared insights that helped to refine this release over many months.
Happy release day to you all! :-)
Downloading it now so I can put it on my main box.... ):P

[scottuss]

I download loads of distros just for fun (my Internet connection is way too fast for my own good!) but I've never tried Slackware. I'll have to give it a go tomorrow...

[Antman]

(my Internet connection is way too fast for my own good!)
Hmmm... I wish I had that problem... :lolflag:

[scottuss]

It's great, the only part I don't like about it are the bills! :p

[cardinals_fan]

=D>

I'm sticking with 12.1 for the moment, but I'll definitely try it out soon.

[tommcd]

I'm installing 12.2 on my desktop now
It's nice to see a new Slackware so soon after the last one. Many thanks to Pat V and the team.
If you like Slackware, help out by bying a set of CDs or the DVD at the Slackware store.

[Vince4Amy]

Going to download later on when I'm home from school, this is going to be awesome.

[chachawpi]

Go go 50k/sec! 11 hours to go!

[Antman]

Go go 50k/sec! 11 hours to go!
Ouch..... ](*,)

[Vince4Amy]

Yes I'm downloading the DVD Image right now. Another 5 hours to go, I'll install tomorrow in this case. I'm looking forward to it.

[andrew.46]

Hi,

Downloaded the dvd via torrent at work and installed it that day. My conclusion: slackware 12.2 is a truly great release and combined with the work of slackbuilds.org it is a truly impressive distro.

Andrew

[Vince4Amy]

Hi,

Downloaded the dvd via torrent at work and installed it that day. My conclusion: slackware 12.2 is a truly great release and combined with the work of slackbuilds.org it is a truly impressive distro.

Andrew

Yes it's great, I've customised the Kernel to way I like it and it works great.

[Antman]

Ok, I have Slackware 12.2 installed on my main desktop. I setup the nVidia 177.82 drivers, installed my HP PSC 1410, installed wine, and got my World of Warcraft game setup perfectly.:guitar:

[kk0sse54]

I never really understood the point of the DVD except for the fact that it saves someone from burning 6 CD's but then again why would a person want to install every single distribution set? I understand perhaps wanting increased localized support but otherwise most of the software provided is never used. Isn't that defeating the purpose of installing Slackware in the first place and the k.i.s.s. philosophy?

[andrew.46]

Hi,


I never really understood the point of the DVD except for the fact that it saves someone from burning 6 CD's but then again why would a person want to install every single distribution set? I understand perhaps wanting increased localized support but otherwise most of the software provided is never used. Isn't that defeating the purpose of installing Slackware in the first place and the k.i.s.s. philosophy?

DVD also contains the source + slackbuild scripts for the entire OS. Very handy for recompiling with different options.

Andrew

[handy]

I've never tried Slackware.

Downloading the DVD now; I might as well as my ISP has free downloads to its customers for anything on its mirror.

I tend to think I may find Slack a little more difficult than Arch.

[Vince4Amy]

I've never tried Slackware.

Downloading the DVD now; I might as well as my ISP has free downloads to its customers for anything on its mirror.

I tend to think I may find Slack a little more difficult than Arch.

Slack has always worked better than Arch for me.

[Antman]

I've never tried Slackware.

Downloading the DVD now; I might as well as my ISP has free downloads to its customers for anything on its mirror.

I tend to think I may find Slack a little more difficult than Arch.
After playing with Slackware for a while, I like it's simple approach to things. I think Arch is akin to it as far as 'KISS' goes so you may like it actually.

[andrew.46]

Hi handy,


I've never tried Slackware.

Downloading the DVD now; I might as well as my ISP has free downloads to its customers for anything on its mirror.

I tend to think I may find Slack a little more difficult than Arch.

If you spend some time reading the documents in the root directory of the DVD before installation you should be fine.

Andrew

[handy]

Thanks for the positive input :-)

I'll install it on my test machine & see what I think.

I'm sure I'll be back to you...

[cardinals_fan]

I've never tried Slackware.

Downloading the DVD now; I might as well as my ISP has free downloads to its customers for anything on its mirror.

I tend to think I may find Slack a little more difficult than Arch.
I think Slack is a bit 'harder' than Arch, but in a way that I like. It's very simple and transparent.

[handy]

I think Slack is a bit 'harder' than Arch, but in a way that I like. It's very simple and transparent.

Well, really, Arch isn't hard, once you get a little familiar with it, it is probably the easiest distro/OS I've ever used.

From the little I have read on Slackware, it seems to be somewhat more complicated than Arch.

Anyway, I'll know soon enough the disk is being burned as I type this.

[cardinals_fan]

Well, really, Arch isn't hard, once you get a little familiar with it, it is probably the easiest distro/OS I've ever used.

That was my point ;)

Anyway, hard is a very subjective term. I just gave Pardus another shot and found it much harder than CRUX.

[Antman]

It's very simple and transparent. Hmmm... yes, that's the phrase I was looking for...
New sig line coming up.:popcorn:

[Antman]

Last night I loaded Slackware on my son's laptop (He was using Ubuntu 8.10).
He requested World of Warcraft for the holiday, so I set it up on his T60 and hid the directory until xmas morning.
I have my standard slack packages on an USB stick and just:

installpkg *tgz to install all of them on a new machine.

At any rate, all of my house PC's are now running Slackware with the exception of the iMac.

[handy]

I installed to the point of boot-up & had to go out.

Recently arrived home & am in Xfce now which I've configured how I like though I will have to import my modified theme from Arch/Xfce on the iMac to finish it off.

I haven't setup xorg.conf & installed the nVidia closed drivers, my mouse wheel doesn't roll as yet, it looks like sound works, but I'll remain quiet at this time of night with my wife asleep in the next room.

I did a full install of near all of the choices. I sure have a lot more than on my main Arch box at this stage, though I expect it is quite easy to delete un-needed packages.

I won't be able to play around with Slack until tomorrow afternoon as I have a rather serious plumbing job to do that has quickly forced itself to the top of the priority list. :-|

[andrew.46]

Hi handy,

Sounds like all is going well,



I haven't setup xorg.conf & installed the nVidia closed drivers, my mouse wheel doesn't roll as yet, it looks like sound works, but I'll remain quiet at this time of night with my wife asleep in the next room.

In case you have not found it yet there is a nice script for the nVidia drivers on what will become your new best friend: http://www.slackbuilds.org.

You can set it all manually of course but if you run xorgsetup as root you will get a flying start and usually the mousewheel issue will be resolved.


I did a full install of near all of the choices. I sure have a lot more than on my main Arch box at this stage, though I expect it is quite easy to delete un-needed packages.

I always do a full install as you never know what utility you will need. Removal of packages can be done with removepkg if you remember the name of the particular package or by using pkgtool if you want to browse the packages, both as root.


I won't be able to play around with Slack until tomorrow afternoon as I have a rather serious plumbing job to do that has quickly forced itself to the top of the priority list. :-|

All the best with the Slackware and the plumbing :-)

Andrew

[Vince4Amy]

I always do a full install as you never know what utility you will need. Removal of packages can be done with removepkg if you remember the name of the particular package or by using pkgtool if you want to browse the packages, both as root.


I always use the menu option, there's a lot of stuff I remove.

[handy]

Thanks for the tips Andrew, much appreciated. :-)



I always use the menu option, there's a lot of stuff I remove.

I thought about it, but I knew it would take me a long time, & really, at that point, & at this, I haven't had enough experience with Slack to know if I like it or how much.

I'm not going to rush it, I'll just spend time with it when the mood takes me & gradually get to know it a bit.

Slack's install process is kind of the opposite to that of Arch with regard to the installation of packages. With Arch you start with nothing & simply add what you need/want, with Slack you kind of have everything with a collection of meta-packages (hopefully I'm not abusing the term?) you can choose or discard, then choose everything within those meta-packages, which is the quick way, or, spend a lot of time choosing what happens to each & every single package - stay, or go.

In that part of the installation I definitely prefer the Arch method, as I don't run many packages at all.