Patrick Volkerding announced that the development branch of Slackware Linux (also known as "Current") has reached "beta" status:
"I will call it beta, although there is still no solution to the 32-bit MariaDB command issue. There will be soon. There were no problems with the official version of GCC 10.3. Report any new (or old) issues in the LQ Slackware forum. Enjoy! ”
The latest entries in changelog display various updates, including an upgrade to the Linux kernel 5.10.29 (by default. The latest kernel 5.11.13 is available in the "testing" repository) and GCC 10.3.0.
Η new edition also brings some security fixes for dnsmasq and irssi. All KDE packages have been upgraded. So KDE Plasma is now at version 5.21.4 and KDE Applications at version 5.81.0.
Thunderbird has also been upgraded due to recent security issues.
As always, the Slackware distribution does not provide official ISO tests, but users those interested in installing and testing it can download the unofficial DVD installationby Eric Hameleers or the installation mini-CD (built from Slackware's “Current” tree which is updated daily):
- slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso (3,166MB, MD5),
- slackware64-current-mini-install.iso (121MB).
Mention that the distribution is the oldest in circulation.
