Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Aug 1996 20:03:06 +0100 (BST) | From | Chris Evans <> | Subject | Slackware-3.1 |
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It would seem that Slackware-3.1 is out, it's magically appeared on ftp.cdrom.com. Was it worth the wait?
I would be forced to say no, after an initial peek. It would seem you _still_ can't install by FTP. Also, the kernel is only 2.0.0, despite the recentness of the release. And that kernel has a bad bug whereby user processes can crash/hang the kernel.
There is no easy upgrade path it would seem. RedHat's rpm system is probably still miles ahead.
Worse still, SlackWare's habbit of giving Linux security a falsely bad name could well be continuing. The source directory contained NetKit-B-0.06, the one with the nasty rlogin security hole. The perl version, however, is the secure one.
Anyway, if someone installs Slackware properly I'd be glad to hear I'm wrong and that it's instead wondeful.
Until then, is it possible that Slackware is stamping itself out?
Chris.
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