OK. I will try again. Last time didnt work so good, broke my crystal ball and it took forever for them to send me a replacement (they must be working with guidelines set by M$). Anyways, here it goes. Alakazam. Abra Kadabra. We all want to know when the next version of Slackware is out. ohh ohhh. I'm getting a image........

MagicMan

............Rats. It said "Please return Crystal Ball, this one is defective." I guess we'll have to wait and see what Pat does.

MagicMan

My magic 8-Ball keeps telling me...

"Ask again later."

--Shade

hahah, well time will tell...

greetings Maqish

I think, Slackware 9.2 (or 10...?) will be released, *when the time is right*. ;-)

To be a bit more precise:

2003-09-26 Slackware 9-1
2003-03-19 Slackware 9.0
2002-06-18 Slackware 8.1
(see http://www.slackware.com)

And (addressed to subscribers of Slackware CDs):

" You will receive new releases of Slackware approximately once every six months."
(see http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/s..._arg&mv_pc=811)

Draw your own conclusions! 8-)

gargamel

As was pointed out here...
current is not a guaranted stable OS
If you know or follow Unix build conventions then this should be known to you.
Production versions are the most stable and should be used for high end servers where you want the most secure stable platform.
Stable versions are deemed to be without bugs good for workstations, med-level servers and general use.
Current versions are not consider stable nor secure they should only be ran by testers and those who like fringe computing. Currents are on many occations updated daily as hacks are made. Sometimes these hacks are only tested on the fly on one machine Current really is not for those wishing to have a stable trouble-free os platform..

The time is nearing, we all know that.
Giggity-Giggity-Giggity.

I am, however, quite willing to wait, as my system is pretty darned current anyway.
Got everything working the way I like, and no reason to change.

I use full upgrades/reinstalls to test my backup/restore procedure. It keeps me "fresh", so that I know how to do it if I ever hit a rough spot and have to do it for real.

--Shade

Gargamel,

i already calculated that six month period. but i do not mind waiting a little more. heck, thank god i'm no MS user, then you never know when to see a new version (little os bashing)..

Maqish

All MS's OS's are rc's.

That info is wrong. Slackware constantly makes security upgrades to the last few versions. Those are in the /patches directory on Slackware ftp mirrors, or use slapt-get or swaret configured to follow /patches.

Yeah, i've already been told. thank you for pointing that out again

how is slapt-get compared to swaret?

Maqish

Can be nine months, as well, as the figures show.
If you want fixed release cycles, then maybe one SuSE or Red Hat or so fits you better. They release every six months, no matter what. Personally, I like SuSE pretty much, but Slackware has an edge, here: It is released when it is mature enough. If this is a month sooner, well, ok, if it's three months later --- good, too.

No matter what distro you use, we are all lucky not to depend on unkept promises. Even the big commercial distributors try to make only promises they can keep. No FUD in Linux. Just FUN. 8-). And BSD. And, sooner or later, in GNU Hurd. :-)

gargamel

again, i don't mind waiting. I already upgraded the kernel, i installed dropline added some other software here and there so there is no real clean 9.1 installation left on this pc therefor i do not mind waiting.

i do wonder if he will go for 10 or 9.2 not that it really matters, but hey you got to have something to look out for..

Maqish

thx again guys, just confirming that I read all of your replies!

I will wait a little while and see what happens.. gotta wait anyway because my dog chewed my powercable!! anyway, yeh.. I'll decide what to do then!-

well perhaps strangle the dog with what's left from the powercable? hehe

or is that not what you ment with deciding? j/k

hehehe, i would advice you to install slack 9.1 hehe.. it works a lot faster than FC1 and IMHO it's a lot and i mean a lot more stable than FC1 but that's all up to you...

Maqish