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There were recent news about Patrick putting together a new version of Slackware, the most recent one being from 2016 according to http://www.slackware.com/ htt

There were recent news about Patrick putting together a new version of Slackware, the most recent one being from 2016 according to http://www.slackware.com/ http://www.slackware.com/. Does anyone have any info to share? I can definitely see the attraction of Slackware as a VLTS (very-long term support) Linux distro with taste ie no systemd, reasonable DE, no change to upstream packages unless absolutely necessary, etc. especially with the stagnation of Linux desktop apps, or desktop apps in general with the exception of Electron-based apps and Chromium-only webapps.

Tomte 6y ago
There are comments in the changelog (http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64 http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64): Mon Apr 12 20:07:12 UTC 2021 I'm going to go ahead and call this a beta […] Mon Feb 15 19:23:44 UTC 2021 Here we go again... upgraded to glibc-2.33 and one last mass rebuild for Slackware 15.0.
- metalforever 6y ago
  Slackware being a "beta" isn't really the same thing as most other distros being in beta. Beta here means that it's extremely stable but doesn't yet meet the (very high) standards of the team and what packages they want to have in a release called 'official'.
  - Tomte 6y ago
    The question was whether a new Slackware version is coming, and the changelog entry clearly suggests "yes".
4ad 6y ago
Very long term support? It's not supported at all!
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  Of course Slackware is supported in the sense we are talking about here: security updates are provided for packages when needed.
- Tomte 6y ago
  Security advisories: http://www.slackware.com/security/ http://www.slackware.com/security/ Patches: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/ https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pat... Last changed yesterday. Seems supported to me.
- salawat 6y ago
  Of course it is. It's just slow enough that you can take your time to get to know tge dependency graph and how to build everything to the point that it's not as big a deal if you don't have a legion of volunteers doing everything for you. I use it for my personal servers. Keeps things nice and stable so I can learn the quirks of individual packages. Like the differences between the various terminal emulators.
xorcist 6y ago
Slackware-current is a rolling distro that receives updates daily. That's where you go to find more information. The forum at linuxquestions.org or IRC sees some discussions, Slackware was never a mailing-list heavy project. Slackware stable (and the home page) has several years between new releases. Security updates mostly follows upstream projects, just don't expect the same commitment as fully staffed projects like Fedora or Ubuntu, everything is in there but may lag a day or two sometimes.
Flood 6y ago
Patrick and Alien Bob post in the Slackware section of the Linux Questions site if you want to keep up to date on happenings. It seems to be the main forum. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/
metalforever 6y ago
It went rolling release (unofficially) and didn't tell anyone. It's been being updated the whole time in Slackware-current.

Tomte 6y ago

There are comments in the changelog (http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64 http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64): Mon Apr 12 20:07:12 UTC 2021 I'm going to go ahead and call this a beta […] Mon Feb 15 19:23:44 UTC 2021 Here we go again... upgraded to glibc-2.33 and one last mass rebuild for Slackware 15.0.

metalforever 6y ago
Slackware being a "beta" isn't really the same thing as most other distros being in beta. Beta here means that it's extremely stable but doesn't yet meet the (very high) standards of the team and what packages they want to have in a release called 'official'.
- Tomte 6y ago
  The question was whether a new Slackware version is coming, and the changelog entry clearly suggests "yes".

4ad 6y ago

Very long term support? It's not supported at all!

Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Of course Slackware is supported in the sense we are talking about here: security updates are provided for packages when needed.
Tomte 6y ago
Security advisories: http://www.slackware.com/security/ http://www.slackware.com/security/ Patches: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/ https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pat... Last changed yesterday. Seems supported to me.
salawat 6y ago
Of course it is. It's just slow enough that you can take your time to get to know tge dependency graph and how to build everything to the point that it's not as big a deal if you don't have a legion of volunteers doing everything for you. I use it for my personal servers. Keeps things nice and stable so I can learn the quirks of individual packages. Like the differences between the various terminal emulators.

xorcist 6y ago

Slackware-current is a rolling distro that receives updates daily. That's where you go to find more information. The forum at linuxquestions.org or IRC sees some discussions, Slackware was never a mailing-list heavy project. Slackware stable (and the home page) has several years between new releases. Security updates mostly follows upstream projects, just don't expect the same commitment as fully staffed projects like Fedora or Ubuntu, everything is in there but may lag a day or two sometimes.

Flood 6y ago

Patrick and Alien Bob post in the Slackware section of the Linux Questions site if you want to keep up to date on happenings. It seems to be the main forum. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/

metalforever 6y ago

It went rolling release (unofficially) and didn't tell anyone. It's been being updated the whole time in Slackware-current.