Hey everyone!

Slackware Linux 13.0 has just been released! The new version, which I'm currently searching for a mirror to download from, was just released and from what I'm reading, it has some MAJOR upgrades to it!

Slackware hasn't changed much in a long time. I still have a copy of 3.6 I got from my best friend which was released I think before I even had a computer. So needless to say, it's a really old version of it, and I installed it to see what it looked like, and saw that the installation was basically the same as the new version I had was (9.0) and the only changes I'd seen really were that Slackware started coming on more than one CD-ROM, and that was probably the biggest change over all these years.

Not anymore though; According to the release, a HUGE number of things have been upgraded, and not just that, but now, they have a new package management system that instead of using .tgz packages, uses .txz packages.

Also, it should work right out of the box without having to touch an X configuration file. Just install and start X or use the old init 4 method, and it should work. This isn't anything new for me, I've been doing that for years. The only time I change X on Slackware is when I'm changing the Mouse part so that my Scroll Button works as a scroll option instead of just a way to middle click.

Anyway, I'm looking for a mirror right now to download from, and once I get it installed and running I'll maybe do a post on what I think of it.

http://www.slackware.com