Overall, slackware is a very fast, stable and reliable linux distribution that can be transformed in anything you want. Like all slackware package management tools, it assumes that you know what youre doing and doesnt pretend to be smarter than you. From the beginning, slackware has offered a stable and secure linux distribution for unix veterans as well as an easytouse system for beginners. Would be nice if there was a switch, say, like depth d, which would cut off dependency processing at a certain level. Before learning the utilities, you should become familiar with the format of a slackware package. This updated version brings many enhancements, including xfce 4. These are the four most popular software packages for dvd playback in linux. Order the latest version of slackware linux on cdrom 6 cds in all, or the whole distribution on a single dvd from the slackware store or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. So slackware users can benefit from slackel repositories. Software installation here we cover the installation of the dvd playback software on various linux distributions. The slackware project has announced a new stable release of the worlds oldest surviving linux distribution. I uderstand that alienbob just provides kdeplasma for slackwarecurrent. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local and network storage media and the internet. Otherwise, you should just hit enter at the boot prompt to start the text mode installer.
Packages are built to be extracted in the root directory. So, without further ado, announcing slackware version 12. As a result, one has to go through a whole lot of processing even if just one package file is wanted. If youd like to provide a mirror, please see the mirroring guidelines. Slackware current ftp oregon state university open source lab. That was the easiest and smoothest major upgrade in about fifteen years. Kodi is a free and open source crossplatform mediaplayer and entertainment hub. Slackware linux, continues its celebrated tradition of simplicity, stability, and security with each new release. It permits much more than just browsing, files can be opened and read or written, permissions changed, file times modified, attributes and acls. Or again, you can download the complete slackware distribution from one of our mirrors. It is available in three editions, kde, openbox and fluxbox. Slackwares boot prompt is usually used for entering specific parameters, in case you have a very old computer.
Expected beahaviour php5libsmbclient that is shipped should be up to date. So youve patiently been waiting for the next slackware release but eventually youre considering making the move to slackwarecurrent. Slackware includes everything youll need to run a powerful server or workstation. I uderstand that alienbob just provides kdeplasma for slackware current. What i dont understand is default samba requirement for photo editing software not alienbobs fault i believe. Nowadays slackpkg comes as part of slackware, but if you do not have it installed, the latest version can be downloaded from and installed with installpkg. So, if just the one package file was required, switch would be depth 0, for example. In slackware, a package is simply a tar archive file that has been compressed with gzip. Slackware arm does not distribute isos because the majority of the arm devices do not have cddvd drives attached, and even if they can be attached via a usb. Alpine alt linux arch linux centos debian fedora kaos mageia mint openmandriva opensuse openwrt pclinuxos slackware solus ubuntu. Well folks, its that time to announce a new stable slackware release again. In its simplest form, installpkg simply takes a list of packages to install, and does exactly what you would expect. So what exactly is slackwarecurrent and what would be the pros and cons of switching from stable to current. For each linux distribution we indicate how to install mplayer, xine, ogle, and videolan onto the system.
The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. If you run red hat linux or fedora, you can download all of the dvd. Actual behaviour the php5libsmbclient is not up to date. If you run red hat linux or fedora, you can download all of the dvd playback. Youll need to install the updated gcc in order to compile kernel modules that. Slackpkg is an automated tool to manage local packages and to install new package over a network. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. Usm unified slackware package manager page 20 porteus. Slackel is a linux distribution based on slackware and salix. I wont be packaging new stuff for the old repositories, so it will help you only if you can switch to php5. This tool is part of the samba 7 suite libsmbclient is a library toolset that permits applications to manipulate cifssmb network resources using many of the standards posix functions available for manipulating local unixlinux files. Slackpkg is a good package manager for slackware that help the user to keep updated its installation. It is fully compatible with slackware and salix but the difference is that it includes the current version of slackware.