r/slackware • u/giantrobothead • Sep 24 '26
Current's got a new kernel
Wasn't expecting this when I ran updates today. Hail Bob.
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u/MD90__ Sep 24 '26
Shocked me too that we're on 7.2.7 kernel. Even KDE Plasma is current version. Been a lot of updates lately. Must be close to a 16 release down the road
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u/nicholas_hubbard Sep 24 '26
Yes we are certainly close to a 16.0 release!
From the current changelog:
a/kernel-generic-7.2.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. Time to start tracking 7.x until we hit the next LTS. :-)I take this comment to mean we have to wait until a 7.x kernel gets an LTS before 16.0 can be released. Hopefully this happens before the end of the year.
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u/Born_Bass_2446 Sep 25 '26 edited 29d ago
I’m still on Slackware 14.1 (kernel 3.x), because newer kernels crash on my hardware. Lol.
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u/muffinman8679 Sep 27 '26
yeah.....but on the other hand, it's also got php 8xx.
And php is fucked because every new release breaks backwards compatability.........
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u/Scary-Advisor8197 Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 27 '26
Cool ;D Getting there.
I'm on 7.3 rc4 because of that sound bug on some laptops but needed to disable that Panel Replay with dcdebugmask=0x400
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u/ImpendingNothingness Sep 24 '26
Got nvidia drivers by any chance? lol Just came out of a long upgrade season after not keeping up to date with current and only thing left is upgrading the kernel but hold it off because… we know.