Slackware 11.0 almost ready!

[Newby]

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/08/15/1518234.shtml

I think I'll wait for it to be released before I install my new 320gb SATA HDD. :)

[MyndFyre]

I thought they upgraded to kernel 2.6 in Slack 10.1, but /. says they upgraded to kernel 2.4.33.  :o

[Ergot]

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I thought they upgraded to kernel 2.6 in Slack 10.1, but /. says they upgraded to kernel 2.4.33.  :o

It was available in Slack 10.1 as an option. Same with Slack 11.

[Newby]

2.4 series is more stable than 2.6. 2.6's minor changes can be drastic. It's sickening. :/

[iago]

Yeah, Patrick favors speed/general useability over the newer kernel.  However, 2.4.33 is as up-to-date as 2.6.17, they're both the heads. 

[skip]

Hmm.. maybe I'll try it out. I rememer when I tried 10.2.... total nightmare.

Too bad there's no GNOME. I always like GNOME better than KDE. I think KDE is ugly.

[iago]

Nightmare?  I've never had an issue with Slackware, but that's just me. 

You can get a third-party gnome package easily, try www.linuxpackages.net, the best source for non-standard Slackware packages.

[Newby]

I remember upgrading from 10.1 to 10.2 (I thought it was 10.0 to 10.1... but eh :/) and I broke my kernel. :(

[skip]

Nightmare?  I've never had an issue with Slackware, but that's just me. 

You can get a third-party gnome package easily, try www.linuxpackages.net, the best source for non-standard Slackware packages.

Heh, it was mostly hardware detection that caused the nightmare, lol.

Oh, really.... hmm, maybe I will try it out. Hopefully the hardware detection is a lot better than 10.2.

[Newby]

What hardware wasn't detected? You should be able to get through an install (boot with sata.i if you have an SATA HDD), and then configure a kernel to meet your hardware specifications... (www.kernel.org).

[Ergot]

Hmm.. maybe I'll try it out. I rememer when I tried 10.2.... total nightmare.

Too bad there's no GNOME. I always like GNOME better than KDE. I think KDE is ugly.

http://gsb.freerock.org/

[skip]

Hahaha, lol, has this thread turned into helping me?

What hardware wasn't detected? You should be able to get through an install (boot with sata.i if you have an SATA HDD), and then configure a kernel to meet your hardware specifications... (www.kernel.org).

It wasn't the installation that was the problem. I installed it fine, but my resolution was a small box in the middle of the screen (probably because my card wasn't detected), my internet didn't work (probably because my modem/router wasn't detected), so I couldn't get drivers, my USB mouse didn't work, etc. That's all I can remember from the top of my head.

Hmm.. maybe I'll try it out. I rememer when I tried 10.2.... total nightmare.

Too bad there's no GNOME. I always like GNOME better than KDE. I think KDE is ugly.

http://gsb.freerock.org/

Hmm.. interesting. Thanks for this.

[Newby]

I have that same issue on the laptop I use. I just jack the resolution up to 1600x1200 and it doesn't bother me! :)

[rabbit]

It wasn't the installation that was the problem. I installed it fine, but my resolution was a small box in the middle of the screen (probably because my card wasn't detected), my internet didn't work (probably because my modem/router wasn't detected), so I couldn't get drivers, my USB mouse didn't work, etc. That's all I can remember from the top of my head.

Hm.  Turn up the resolution.  Make sure you run net-config (IIRC that's what it's called).  Enable hotplug.  All of that happened to me too.

[skip]

I have that same issue on the laptop I use. I just jack the resolution up to 1600x1200 and it doesn't bother me! :)

You have the same laptop as I do. If I remember correctly, I couldn't get any higher than 640x480.

It wasn't the installation that was the problem. I installed it fine, but my resolution was a small box in the middle of the screen (probably because my card wasn't detected), my internet didn't work (probably because my modem/router wasn't detected), so I couldn't get drivers, my USB mouse didn't work, etc. That's all I can remember from the top of my head.

Hm.  Turn up the resolution.  Make sure you run net-config (IIRC that's what it's called).  Enable hotplug.  All of that happened to me too.

Haha, I guess I'll try that out when 11.0 comes out.