Slackware v12.0
I just happened to visit the Slackware site today and noticed version 12.0 was released. This release has some great features, not that Slackware wasn’t already great. This release includes PHP 5.2.3, Python 2.5.1, Ruby 1.8.6, Subversion 1.4.4, Kernel 2.6.21.5, KDE 3.5.7 and many more. In the past Slackware has always tended to stay with some of the older packages, but all of those are the most recent releases. I doubt that the use of the latest packages will make it more buggy or turn users away. I think it will bring a larger user base into the Slackware community. I can’t wait to throw this on the laptop.
