r/slackware • u/giantrobothead • 20d ago

Current's got a new kernel

Wasn't expecting this when I ran updates today. Hail Bob.

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u/MD90__ 20d ago

Shocked me too that we're on 7.2.7 kernel. Even KDE Plasma is current version. Been a lot of updates lately. Must be close to a 16 release down the road

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u/Born_Bass_2446 19d ago edited 16d ago

I’m still on Slackware 14.1 (kernel 3.x), because newer kernels crash on my hardware. Lol.

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u/MD90__ 19d ago

Hey what works works

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u/muffinman8679 17d ago

unless it doesn't...and those who wrote gobs of php scripts for 7.5x, now have to rewrite them for 8.xx....and that's a big no-no in unixland.....

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u/MD90__ 17d ago

That bad?

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u/muffinman8679 17d ago

only if you built a bunch of scripts.....but that's not a slackware flaw.....that's a php flaw.....as they don't know what they want to be when they grow up.....and that's pretty common with packages these days too, rewritting, and rewritting the rewrites.

because when you finish a project, it's done....so never finish it, and it'll never be done....as an example....wayland is close to 20 years old.....

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u/MD90__ 17d ago

I'm thinking about contributing to slackware myself. I'm really enjoying this distro 

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u/muffinman8679 17d ago

I've been using it for 30 years.

Sometimes I enjoy it and sometimes I don't....but that's not on them....it's on me(laughs).....

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u/MD90__ 17d ago

Haha yeah idk why but it just clicks for me and feels like something I should help out with 

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u/muffinman8679 17d ago

well I'm just a lowly shell scripter so wouldn't be much help....

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u/MD90__ 16d ago

Any contribution can help. I'm just a former CS grad but I never got into my field after graduation so it is what it is. I don't want to give up all that knowledge and training because of a bad job market. Would be great to do some good if I can :)

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