No idea what to download.

yippee61 · 05-30-2002, 01:52 PM

I have been trying to download slackware8.1, but can seem
to find the iso. what files do i need to download. I don't want
the beta.
thanks,
yippee61

gui10 · 05-30-2002, 11:11 PM

slack8.1 has not been officially released. think you gotta wait a little longer. the current one is only the 'beta' or more accurately, RC1 (release candidate 1).

gui10 · 05-30-2002, 11:13 PM

but i'm sure the available packages are all in working order. so if you're impatient, you can go try it out. i'm not because i'm not too keen on installing and re-installing so many times

Filsta · 05-31-2002, 02:41 AM

well i found a place with the slackware 8.1 RC1 ISOs at http://ftp.eu.net/pub/linux/slackware/current-iso/ but im confused as to what i should download.....
there are 2 isos:
slackware-8.1-RC1-GNOME-KDE.iso
and
slackware-8.1-RC1-noGNOME-noKDE.iso

i'm currently downloading both, but i just wanna know if the slackware-8.1-RC1-GNOME-KDE.iso just has KDE and GNOME on it and the other one has all the base install files, and if so, will the slackware install prompt me to "insert KDE-GNOME cd" when it comes time to install these packages. i really wanna convert to slackware =), im sick of rpm dependent distros, any help would be very apreciated =)

DeadPuddle · 05-31-2002, 08:39 AM

If you use GNOME or KDE, download slackware-8.1-RC1-GNOME-KDE.iso. If you don't use GNOME or KDE, download slackware-8.1-RC1-no-GNOME-no-KDE.iso.

gui10 · 05-31-2002, 09:37 AM

personally, i'd reccomend blackbox...

Filsta · 06-01-2002, 01:30 AM

ok thanx heaps d00ds =)