i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso
i am a newbie, used mandrake 9.2, but don't like the rpm crap.
i didn't know the current was not considered a stable release.
is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?
should i go to 9.1 iso? i am downloading over a 56k system so we are
talking 75 hours to download this. i don't want to grab the wrong one.
thanks

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe wrote:

> is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?

No. There is 2.4.26. 2.6.x is for testing. You can try it, there is no
risk

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pozdrowienia, Jacek

http://www.europrojekt.biz.pl

thanks
>On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe wrote:
>
>> is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?
>
>No. There is 2.4.26. 2.6.x is for testing. You can try it, there is no
>risk
>
>-------------------
>pozdrowienia, Jacek
>
>http://www.europrojekt.biz.pl

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe@aol.com wrote:

> i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso

where did you find it?

joe@aol.com wrote:
> i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso
> i am a newbie, used mandrake 9.2, but don't like the rpm crap.
> i didn't know the current was not considered a stable release.
> is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?
> should i go to 9.1 iso? i am downloading over a 56k system so we are
> talking 75 hours to download this. i don't want to grab the wrong one.
> thanks

75 hours... Oh man give Patrick your money for 9.1,
you then have a chance

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ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/ISO...9_Apr_2004.iso

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:29:14 +0200, Mario
<tady_OBRISI_OVO_ZA_ODGOVOR@net.hr> wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe@aol.com wrote:
>
>> i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso
>
>where did you find it?

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe wrote:
> i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso i am a newbie, used mandrake

Downloading Slackware as an ISO image is a luxury for broadband users,
especially slackware-current, which changes so frequently. You could
download just slackware-current/slackware, and of that, pick and choose
just what you plan to install. It's not necessary to burn it to CD to
be able to install it. I generally use NFS installs (boot a CD but use
an NFS server as the source for installation packages.)

If you do want a CD for some reason, you can get ./isolinux and
some of ./kernels. In any case you'll need the ramdisk and some means
of booting, like a bootdisk. The ramdisk can be had from ./rootdisks in
floppy-sized formats, or just use the ./isolinux/initrd.img and boot it
from your boot loader (LILO or GRUB or DOS+loadlin.exe.)

> 9.2, but don't like the rpm crap. i didn't know the current was not
> considered a stable release.

-current is not a release, period. It is the "current" state of the
next release, which is presently under development.

> is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?

ftp://$FTP_MIRROR_SITE/slackware-current/kernels/VERSIONS.TXT would
tell you that. Our own Wild Wizard here maintains the best list of
Slackware FTP mirror sites.

> should i go to 9.1 iso? i am downloading over a 56k system so we are
> talking 75 hours to download this. i don't want to grab the wrong one.

Hmmm. The fact that you're new, and coming from the likes of Mandrake,
makes it rather difficult to advise. It's simpler to have CD's, and to
have working ones, at that. 9.1 is certainly the EASY way to go. But it
is getting a bit stale by now.

Good luck; if you have questions, feel free to ask.
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:26:41 -0500, joe@aol.com wrote:

> i am downloading slackware april 19 2004 iso
> i am a newbie, used mandrake 9.2, but don't like the rpm crap.
> i didn't know the current was not considered a stable release.
> is the 2.6 kernel in this current version?
> should i go to 9.1 iso? i am downloading over a 56k system so we are
> talking 75 hours to download this. i don't want to grab the wrong one.
> thanks

well, even slackware stable claims to be 2.6 ready, and lotsa people
including myself use it... there is some info on www.linuxquestions.org in
the slackware forum