Slackware 11.0 Officially Released

Slackware 11.0 Officially Released

Steven Parker on 03 October 2006 - 12:29 · 11 comments & 4775 views

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Slackware 11 has been officially released, just over a year after Slackware 10.2 became available. Software available with Slackware 11 includes KDE 3.5, Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 and X11R6 6.9. As usual, ISOs are available through BitTorrent and FTPs, packages can be synced through FTPs.

Download: Slackware 11.0 FTP 1 | FTP 2 (Servers are being hammered)

Link: Slackware 11.0 Announcement

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#1 ripgut on 03 Oct 2006 - 14:44

Nice, will have to try sometime.

#2 QwertyManiac on 03 Oct 2006 - 16:10

Nice, will finish getting and trying this one out before Fedora Core 6 is out xD

(3 replies) #3 yanger on 03 Oct 2006 - 16:24

I don't understand why 2.4.x is still the kernel default... 2.6 has been out for quite a while now.. and considered stable.. correct? why not just focus on the 2.6 kernel now? :|

#3.1 MadCap on 03 Oct 2006 - 16:44

also isnt that an older release of X11???

#3.2 phantasmorph on 03 Oct 2006 - 18:55

Because Patrick Volkerding is a nazi when it comes to stability. And it shows in the final product. The kernel is easily updated to the 2.6 series. But I've had far *far* less problems with Slackware over the years than most of the noob-friendly distros that have come out the past few years...*cough*Ubuntu*cough*.

#3.3 h3xis on 03 Oct 2006 - 21:09

2.4 is still used because it's extremely stable and because it uses less memory. Slackware is built for minimalism. But, if you wanna be all like that, then 2.6 is included, too so everyone goes home happy.

#4 Webgraph on 03 Oct 2006 - 22:00

Ah, good old Linux. Haven't used it for a year now, only because I'm so impressed with Mac OS X. But yes, I do remember how stable and slim Slackware 9 was. Too bad Microsoft can't make Windows that slim and stable!

#5 AnarKhy on 04 Oct 2006 - 01:33

is xgl in this release?

#6 cork1958 on 04 Oct 2006 - 12:52

Could never get 10.2 to install, so never experimented with Slackware. Got hooked on Ubuntu there for awhile, but I found Zenwalk 3.0 to be more to my liking and faster than crap on every machine I have (7).

#7 Buttus on 04 Oct 2006 - 21:06

Do they offer a live CD/DVD to try it out?

#8 AresXP on 05 Oct 2006 - 02:14

SLAX should do it... I believe Disc 2 has a Live CD on it too... I'm unsure, I never use those...

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