Patrick Volkerding announced that his development branch Slackware Linux (also known as "Current") has reached beta:
“I'll call it beta, even though there's still no fix for its commands issue 32-bit MariaDB. There will be soon. No issues were noted with the official GCC 10.3 release. Report any new (or old) issues on the LQ Slackware forum. Enjoy!”
The latest changelog entries show various updates, συμπεριλαμβανομένης μιας αναβάθμισης στον Linux kernel 5.10.29 (από προεπιλογή. Ο νεότερος πυρήνας 5.11.13 είναι availables in the repository "testing”) and GCC 10.3.0.
The new version also brings some security fixes for dnsmasq and irssi. All KDE packages have been upgraded. So KDE Plasma is now in version 5.21.4 and KDE Applications in version 5.81.0.
Thunderbird has also been upgraded due to recent security issues.
As always, the Slackware distribution does not provide official ISO testing, but users interested in installing and testing it can download Eric Hameleers' unofficial installation DVD or the installation mini-CD (made from Slackware's "Current" tree 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.