The store thing is a sad state of affairs. Basically, as I understand it, the store was not run by Patrick Volkerding but by a third party that agreed to share

The store thing is a sad state of affairs. Basically, as I understand it, the store was not run by Patrick Volkerding but by a third party that agreed to share profits with him from sales of Slackware branded merchandise. Patrick states that after a few years and much review he was basically being ripped off by them and withdrew permission for them to continue. Although helped by many volunteers Slackware is mostly a one man show and Patrick's income from the project was basically drawing down to zero. It seems to be a long, drawn out affair and I'm trying to come across as neutral here as I'm sure I don't have all the information. But I'll admit some bias as I started my life with Linux using Slackware from a CD that came with a book about Linux, I think in 1994, maybe early 1995. I switched to more mainstream distros at some point based on me using them at various jobs but always liked the idea of Slackware (the most BSD like Linux!). And I'm posting this from a laptop running -current. Yes, 15 has been a long time coming but Patrick continues to publish updates and the Slackware Security mailing list is alive and active. I'm off topic here so I'll wind this up with a note that the GCC package for Slackware Current is gcc-9.2.0-i586-4.txz. So I'm sure 9.3 will be coming along soon, though not as quickly as with some other distros. For those interested in more about the store I found the most relevant information here[1] when I last went looking for a way to contribute money to the project (i.e. to Patrick). [1]https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donati... edit: grammar