slackware

Debian has updated imlib2 (arbitrary code execution), wireshark (multiple vulnerabilities), jailer (denial of service via symlink), phpmyadmin (cross-site scripting).

Slackware has updated samba (arbitrary memory disclosure), ruby (DNS cache poisoning).

I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs.

As you may know XMMS was removed on Mar 15 2007 from Slackware.But on Sep 11 2008 was re added:xap/xmms-1.2.11-i486-1.tgz: Added xmms-1.2.11.

This is an audio player thatis similar to audacious, but uses about a third of the CPU power.

CentOS has updated kernel (multiple vulnerabilities).

Debian has updated thunderbird (multiple vulnerabilities) and python (multiple vulnerabilities).

Mandriva has updated dovecot (multiple vulnerabilities) and kernel (multiple vulnerabilities).

Excelente tutorial con imágenes donde explica como instalar Windows Vista + Slackware, con Windows como principal y un doble booteo que permite elegir a cual sistema operativo ingresar al iniciar la computadora.

OStatic: "Some distributions are consistently left off these lists, seemingly regardless of whether they are a better fit than the usual candidates.

I always read these lists, and wonder why Zenwalk is rarely mentioned. Perhaps it isn't for brand new users, but it's a great distribution that is overlooked far too often."

Periodically, Linux media outlets go on list frenzies -- Ten Linux Distros for New Users, Five Great Distributions You've Never Heard Of.

These are interesting lists but always seem to feature the same distributions.I always read these lists, and wonder why Zenwalk is rarely mentioned.

Slackware and Ubuntu share a common line of thinking. They both aim to be simple. However, they have different approaches to simplicity and different target audiences.

Ubuntu wants to be simple for end users switching from Windows. Slackware wants to be simple for Linux users.

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers.

Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14? Some were obvious; the likes of Slackware and Debian have been around since Linus was in short trousers.

SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva and Ubuntu are similarly too significant to ignore. What about the others? To survive, a distro must have something to offer – a large userbase, unique