Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon May 02:13:36 2008
Slackware-12.1 is officially Released
From the Current ChangeLog:
Thu May 1 13:36:34 CDT 2008
Slackware 12.1 is released as -stable. :-) Again, huge thanks to everybody
who pitched in and helped with bug reports, patches, testing, suggestions,
other comments, and everything else. Without this valuable input, Slackware
would be nowhere near what it is today. Special thanks to the CREW, to the
people developing and testing for slackbuilds.org (where many of Slackware's
future additions are first built and tested), and to everyone on
linuxquestions.org, various #slackware or ##slackware IRC channels, other
Slackware related web sites, and other places where the community shares their
needs and concerns with the team. On behalf of everyone here, thanks.
We think you'll enjoy this new release, and hope that you'll find it to be
much more than 0.1 better than Slackware 12.0. ;-)
Have fun! -P.
Please remember to backup before upgrading and DO take time to read the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT and other README files.
Happy Slacking.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon Apr 4 04:19:24 2008
Slackware-12.1-rc1 Released
From the Current ChangeLog:
Thu Apr 3 01:16:15 CDT 2008
OK, we're going to call this Slackware 12.1-rc1, though there is still some
more minor work to do. Please help test! And if we're missing anything major,
please let me know at volkerdi@slackware.com. Thanks. :-)
a/aaa_elflibs-12.1.0-i486-1.tgz: Updated the initial "starter" library package
to the latest versions in -current.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon Dec 16 11:18:17 2007
Security update -- MySQL
Due to an issue with the slackware.com server some of you may not have received the security advisory that was sent out on Saturday.
[slackware-security] mysql (SSA:2007-348-01)
New mysql packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current to
fix bugs and security issues.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3781
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5925
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5969
And more information (including about a potentially incompatible change) may
be found in the release notes:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/releasenotes-cs-5-0-51.html
Read the official advisory
here
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Thur Nov 15 09:25:36 2007
Building Slackware VServers on Slackware
Laurens Vets has written an article detailing the setup of VServers on Slackware.
"This will be a how to on setting up minimal Slackware 12.0 VServer guests on a Slackware 12.0 host. I?ve been trying to find a decent guide on how to do this, but almost all documentaton was either insufficient or heavily outdated. Even the Linux-VServer.org documentation is rather lacking in my opinion?
Read the article here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Oct 21 12:41:17 2007
The Perfect Desktop -- Slackware-12.0
Howtoforge now have as part of their "Perfect Desktop" series, an in depth tutorial on how to set up a Slackware-12.0 desktop. The tutorial starts with installing/configuring the operating system and covers the many ways of installing various software. Even though this 12 page tutorial is targeted at those new to Slackware or with limited Linux experience, it is very thorough and may well teach even the most seasoned Slacker a new trick or two.
Read the article
here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Tue Oct 16 14:51:30 2007
Slackware-current goes public.
Just a few months after the final release of Slackware-12.0 we get a glimpse of all the hard work that has been going on behind the scenes. Along with the usual security updates we see slackware-current sporting a new kernel(2.6.31), Xorg(7.3) and KDE(3.5.8). For a full list of these and other changes check out the Slackware-current ChangeLog.
Note: Please remember that -current is an "in development" version of Slackware and is not recommended for use by beginners or on production systems.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon Oct 1 11:12:13 2007
LXer.com -- Slackware Article
An interesting article on LXer.com Slackware: the classic distro that's as timely as ever..
From the article:
" In a way, Slackware needs no defense. Those that use the distro know of its merits and enjoy its stability, security, simplicity and speed. However, with the growing popularity of newer distros like Ubuntu, more and more articles seem to relegate Slackware to the dust bin of history, or they say it's a hobbyist's distro, or they make snide comments like ?1995 called and they want their distro back.? As of late, these comments seem to proliferate at about the same rate as the Ubuntu articles. Using Ubuntu as an example, let's conduct a little examination to see where Slackware's strengths lie and how it compares and differs with the newer upstart distros of today."
Well worth a read if you have a few minutes to fill in.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon July 18 09:05:17 2007
New article addded.
I've just added a new "how-to" to our articles section. The Installing Slackware-12.0 on Raid1 howto is intended to assist with installing slackware <version 12.0 and up> using Linux software raid and mdadm. It is assumed the reader is already familiar with the various raid levels and also the difference between software and hardware raid.
Comments and feedback are always appreciated by the author :)
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon July 2 15:12:42 2007
Slackware Linux 12.0 Official Release!
From the Slackware-current ChangeLog
Sun Jul 1 22:30:42 CDT 2007
Released as Slackware 12.0 with no changes since the last batch.
Big Thanks again are due to the CREW, without whom this just wouldn't be
possible to do with the level of quality that Slackware users demand.
We had a lot of help this time, and I hope it shows in project output
that you'll enjoy. Thanks for the support of the Slackware community,
because without your support I wouldn't be able to keep leading this
project (and I happen to like it a lot :-).
For more detailed information about what all has changed since Slackware
11.0, start with CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT, and maybe read my RELEASE_NOTES.
Have fun!
Read the Official Announcement here.
Please consider supporting the Slackware project by purchasing from the Slackware Store, in the meantime visit your favourite mirror or the Official Torrents Page to get yourself up and slacking as fast as possible.
Congratulations go out to Pat and the team for another fine Slackware release.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Fri June 15 11:49:36 2007
The first Slackware 12.0 Release candidate goes live
From the Slackware-current ChangeLog
"It's that time again, and here we have Slackware 12.0 release candidate 1! :-)
If we're lucky, we got it all right the first time. Big thanks to the crew.
a/aaa_base-12.0.0-noarch-1.tgz: Updated versions to 12.0."
So it really is time to get testing and ferret out any last few bugs that may be lurking around.
As I've mentioned before, please take the time to read the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT and always remember to backup your data.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Fri April 27 23:59:36 2007
Linuxdevices.com -- Visiframe
A company specializing in weather reporting has used Linux to build an inexpensive digital sign capable of delivering custom weather channels to truckstops, private airports, marinas, and golf courses. ItWorks's ViziFrame runs Slackware Linux on an x86 processor, and supports TVs or computer displays.
Read the article here
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Mon April 16 13:59:36 2007
The Slack World -- Interviews Robby Workman
Dear fellow slackers,
We are continuing our Persona Grata series. This time, our guest is Robby Workman, one of the founders and maintainers of the SlackBuilds.org project, an active member of the Slackware community, and just a nice person. An interview with Robby Workman can be found here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Wed Mar 28 22:25:46 2007
Security Updates -- libpwd and mozilla-firefox
New libwpd packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to
fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0,
and -current to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
In other news...
This week has seen many updates to -current... keep your eye on the Current ChangeLog and maybe consider giving it a test run.
If you do decide to upgrade to current please take the time to read the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT as it could save you a world of pain.
Happy Slacking
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Thur Mar 18 21:08:29 2007
Slackware-current Alpha Release
From the Current ChangeLog
Happy St. Patrick's Day! :-)
This is more-or-less stable (functionally), but there's still a lot of
package splitting and other rearranging and adding to be done, but it's
time for the Slackware community to see how far we've gotten. If the
luck o' the Irish is with us, it'll be a fairly short alpha/beta/rc
period from here. Well, have fun!
A couple of notes:
1. The only kernels provided (for now) support SMP. I've seen the
installer go nuts on a few machines with multiple cores where a
uniprocessor core worked fine. More kernel choices will very
likely be added.
2. Floppy booting (other than via PXE) is likely gone for good, but
between PXE and USB flash memory boot, (along with the standard
ISO boot), most machines should be covered.
3. This is still a work in progress, so don't be too hard on us. ;-)
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Thur Mar 8 10:13:38 2007
Security Updates -- gnupg, firefox,x11,imagemagick,seamonky and thunderbird
New gnupg packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security ramifications of incorrect gpg usage.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New x11 packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
A new imagemagick package is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
A new seamonkey package is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Mar 4 11:44:50 2007
Mutagenix 2.6.18.6-1 release
The Mutagenix team is proud to announce the Mutagenix 2.6.18.6-1 suite
of LiveCDs. Included in this set is a rescue disk and a KDE desktop
disk. There have been many improvements made since the last
(2.6.14.2-2) release, and we hope you find Mutagenix to be a
comfortable environment to work and play in.
Mutagenix 2.6.18.6-1 Features:
- Slackware 11.0
- Linux kernel 2.6.18.6
- rescue disc (142MB), KDE 3.5 (686MB)
- Much improved module detection using libdiscover in initrd
- Simple Slackware Based Installer (thanks to Ken Roberts)
- Simple CD remastering
- Simple USB stick install instructions (and pre-alpha script)
- OpenOffice.org Software Suite
- Limewire P2P
- New "nonet" boot arg to skip network configuration during boot
- New "lang=xx_XX" locale setting option to set keyboard and
language at boot (thanks to HaBeMuS_PaPaM)
- New "nomount" boot arg to skip mounting drives during boot
- New ability to set init level (1,3,4) at boot
- Extremely clean and fast boot
For more info visit the
Mutagenix Web stie.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Dec 8 6:24:54 2006
Security Updates -- gnupg
New gnupg packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues.
This release fixes a severe and exploitable bug in earlier versions of gnupg. All gnupg users should update to the
new packages as soon as possible. For details, see the information concerning CVE-2006-6235 posted on lists.gnupg.org:
There are two advisories for this update. The first available here and another with corrected signatures and URL here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Dec 3 9:43:50 2006
Security Updates -- libpng, proftpd and tar
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New tar packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix a security issue.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sat Nov 11 10:25:58 2006
Security Updates -- Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey
New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues. In addition, a new
Seamonkey package is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix
similar issues
Read the Official Security Advisory here. (Advisory with updated URLs is here)
Please note: A Firefox 2.0 package was recently added to the /extra directory of slackware-11.0. Firefox 2.0 is not affected by the vulnerabilities mentioned above.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Nov 5 9:43:05 2006
Security Updates -- PHP and Screen
New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues.
Read the Official Security Advisory here.
New screen packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix a security issue.
Read the Official Security Advisory here
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Tue Oct 28 12:30:15 2006
An Interview with Patrick Volkerding
TLLTS interview Patrick Volkerding (1 hour approx)
The discussion covers many subjects ranging from "What was your first computer?" to "Will you ever hand over the lead of the Slackware project to someone else?".
The answers to these and many other questions can be found at http://tllts.org/dl.php (Episode: 164 Date: 10-25-06)
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Tue Oct 3 06:39:01 2006
Slackware-11.0 Released!!
After many months of hard work and careful attention to detail the long awaited Slackware Linux 11.0 has been released.
From the ChangeLog.txt
"Slackware 11.0 is released. Thanks to everyone who helped out and made this
release possible. If I forgot you in the ChangeLog, mea culpa, but you know
who you are, and thanks. :-)
Enjoy! -P."
Read the Official Announcement here.
To get your share of slackware-11.0 visit your favourite mirror or help spread the love via BitTorrent with the Official Torrents.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sat Sept 16 23:40:32 2006
Slackware Security Updates
Security Updates have been released for X11, Mozilla-{firefox,thunderbird,seamonkey}, Bind and Openssl.
These updates apply to a range of versions 8.1 through to current so check the Official security page for details of which apply to you.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sat Sept 2 10:23:48 2006
SCALE 5x Issues Call For Papers
SCALE 5x, the Southern California Linux Expo has issued a call for papers.
SCALE 5x will be held on Feb 10-11, 2007 at the Los Angeles
Airport Westin. Past speakers have included Chris Dibona, Jon "maddog"
Hall, and Andrew Morton. If you are working on an interesting
open-source / Linux related project, or just want to address the
community, SCALE welcomes you to submit a presentation proposal.
CFP URL: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale5x/cfp/scale5x.pdf
URL: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sat Sept 2 10:12:42 2006
Lack of updates
As many of you may have noticed the activity levels on Userlocal have been very low of late.
Due to work commitments I have been unable to spend time on some of my not so critical projects but with the completion of some of my contracts I hope to keep things a little more up to date.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun April 9 04:19:24 2006
Zenwalk 2.4 is ready
From the Zenwalk website...
As usual, our fast-paced development makes for a distro that is on the edge of things. Our latest release sports a brand new 2.6.16.1 kernel, and the latest udev, which provides improved support for hotplugging devices - cleaning up the remains of the old hotplug system. Now that the transition to a full udev is complete, we were also able to remove the discover service.
The changes were not limited to the base system though; with the 2.4, a series of updated packages will be released (nearly 130 packages). Amongst them the latest OpenOffice (2.0.2), Abiword (2.4.2.1), Gnumeric (1.6.2), the latest GTK2 (2.8.16), ...
Read the official announcement here
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Feb 12 00:06:58 2006
Security updates -- slackware-current through to 8.1
Along with a huge update to -current there have been several security updates released for all versions back to 8.1.
Security Updates to current include:
- sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sudo-1.6.8p12.
- fetchmail-6.3.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to fetchmail-6.3.2.
- openssh-4.3p1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to openssh-4.3p1.
- php-4.4.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to php-4.4.2.
- imagemagick-6.2.6_1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to imagemagick-6.2.6-1.
- mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to firefox-1.5.0.1.
- xpdf-3.01-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled with xpdf-3.01pl2.patch.
Due to some technical issues, Security mail-outs have not yet been sent so please check the changelog for your version and upgrade where needed.
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Sun Feb 08 22:12:18 2006
AppArmor on Slackware Linux
Daniel de Kok has built Slackware Linux packages for the AppArmor MAC framework that Novell recently opensourced. The packages and instructions along with a short example on how to generate a profile can be found at:
http://danieldk.org/slackarmor/
Posted by: mRgOBLIN
Fri Jan 29 1:35:51 2006
Zenwalk Core 2.1 is released !
The new version of Zenwalk core includes the following improvements :
- Zenwalk core 2.1 is based on the Linux kernel version 2.6.14.4, with Reiser4 support as usual.
- SGI XFS support was added, so now Zenwalk supports EXT2, EXT3, Reiser3, Reiser4, and XFS from setup stage.
- Pcmciautils replaces Pcmcia-cs , so that pcmcia devices or now detected by the hotplug subsystem, as well as USB and PCI devices,
- The video detection tool "videoconfig" was improved. It implements 3 different probing subsystems (Discover, Xorg dcc, Read-edid) and should auto-detect nearly 100% of video card drivers and monitor frequencies.
- The network configuration tool "networkconfig" now handles Wireless settings.
- glibc is ugraded to version 2.3.6, GCC to version 3.4.5
- Netpkg now has full dependency support , so it should be easy even for Linux beginners to build their perfect desktop from Zenwalk-core,
- New server packages includes Mysql (5.0.18) Imapd (2004g) Postfix (2.2.7) Apache (2.2.0) Php (5.1.1).
A full list of updates for both Zenwalk-core (a, ap, n, d, l package categories), the full Zenwalk (that also includes x and xap), and of course kde and extra categories can be found on the changelog (http://www.zenwalk.org/staticpages/index.php?page=20050508214152455).
Zenwalk (full version) will be released in version 2.2, we are waiting for XFCE 4.4.0. However, Zenwalk current already contains XFCE 4.3.0 (svn) which seems to be stable for several users after a 2 weeks test...
More on http://zenwalk.org
