In regards to the site requiring old version of php, really ?...I can rewrite the site in less than a couple of hours with new php code or django or any other framework. Slackware is a one man show, as most members have already pointed out, like others I have offered hardware, hosting and coding but so far no word from Pat. We can mention all the logical steps to provide a solution for such a simple problem but we dont make the decisions. It is the main reason I do not use Slackware in a production environment due to the 'oshit' factor of its unknown state. A real distribution requires a group of people with a common goal, and I hope there is some type of organization put in place in Slackware's future or it will be time to move on. I love Slackware and the effort of the core team but website aside the overall attitude of "we dont need a website" and "who cares" really is bothersome sometimes. Are we that l33t or is it a hip thing now to not have a website and pretend to have sticks up our butts.

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No, not "really". That was my speculation. What we've actually heard was:

-- http://www.itwire.com/business-it-ne...ing-volkerding

Then move on. You know there are no plans for that.

It's years that I use slackware stable in production to do pretty much everything and never had a single problem, maybe you should try yourself before making unfair statements.

If you want enterprise-level support then perhaps Slackware is not for you; Redhat perhaps.

But Slack never was about hand-holding in my view: it required users to do a bit more work and to actually learn something.

heh

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This is better than a soap opera, maybe we could call it " As The Hard Drive Grinds ".

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This is an interesting thread. It's always amusing to see this sort of thread (similar to those next update ones). I just notice a new one, related to panic posted today. I've been using Slackware a long time. I didn't even notice slackware.com is occasionally unavailable until Eric started this thread. I don't go to Slackware.com much these days. No need for it. I sync to a mirror (Thanks AlienBOB). One in a while a mirror, goes down, I switch to another or just wait it out. That's never failed me. When all lines of communication are cut off (i.e., this forum), then perhaps I will panic.

I do think slackware.com is very important, but like Eric, and I am sure others here, I am satisfied with the supplied answers to the question.It's enough for me to know it's "in the hopper". I am sure it will be accessible again sooner or later, when it ready.

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The website is back up again. Praise Bob.

See the latest from Eric...

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/end-of-may-ramblings/

All is cool

We've used Salckware in a poduction environment for a long time. it's not going anywhere any time soon. We need a big Do Not Feed The Trolls sign as an opening sticky psot for the forum

Oh and commercial support is available for a fee from Slackware (ie Pat).

I think it's not exactly like that, see

http://www.slackware.com/support/

Slackware.com is quite speedy now! Tis' nice!

I'll be waiting on distrowatch for "official" notification from Caitlyn that slackware.com has been rebased to a new server. ;-)

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/me chuckles =)

I just want to say, 31 pages, 462 posts, 41,000 views on thread about the Slackware site having some unscheduled downtime. Holy s**t.

and people say Slackware is a dying distro.

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This was exactly my experience and a nice surprise!