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General Info

Please check that your issue hasn't been mentioned in some of the official documentation. Good places to start might be:

Stable

• ChangeLog
• CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
• RELEASE_NOTES
• UPGRADE.TXT

Current

Perhaps more important than with the stable version, check your issue hasn't been mentioned in some of the official documentation.

• ChangeLog

If you're after more information with regards Slackware in general, rather than the recent issues people have had, then head over to Slackware-Links.

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Slackware® LQ Announcements/Additions/Fixes/HotList For Linux Slackers!

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Announcements/Alerts/General

[Stable (13.0)]

KDE 3.5

• Announcement of KDE3.5 for Slackware 13
• Packages of KDE3.5 for Slackware 13

Multi-lib

• x86_64 only.

• This is totally unsupported, so don't bother Pat about things going wrong with this. Instead, communicate with Alien Bob!

• Alien Bob's blog post
• Alien Bob's Multilib Slackware for x86_64 wiki

xorg.conf

• With the new version of Slackware, there's no need to have an xorg.conf by default. This is documented in the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file.

• CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
• Applies to both 32- and 64-bit versions.

[Stable (12.2)]

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[Stable (12.1)]

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Help Notices

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Fixes

Stable (13.0)

• Hot:

• Major:

• Simple:

• LQ Reference Fixes:

• Experimental Fixes:

Stable (12.2)

• Hot:

• Major:

• Simple:

• LQ Reference Fixes:

• Experimental Fixes:

Stable (12.1)

• Hot:

• Major:

• Simple:

• LQ Reference Fixes:

• Experimental Fixes:

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Version Specific Notes

• 8.1

• 9.0

• 9.1

• 10.0

• 10.1

• 10.2

• 11.0

• 12.0

• 12.1

• 12.2

• 13.0

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[Development (-current)]

Announcements/Alerts -current

-current changelog

KDE 3.5

• Announcement of KDE3.5 for Slackware 13
• Packages of KDE3.5 for Slackware 13

Multi-lib

• x86_64 only.
• This is totally unsupported, so don't bother Pat about things going wrong with this. Instead, communicate with Alien Bob!

• Alien Bob's blog post
• Alien Bob's Multilib Slackware for x86_64 wiki

xorg.conf

• With the new version of Slackware, there's no need to have an xorg.conf by default. This is documented in the CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file.

• CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT
• Applies to both 32- and 64-bit versions.

• You will need the xorg.conf for anything that is not automatically configured. E.G. Manufacturer's Graphics Drivers, Special input devices, etc. Only define the sections you need! A fully defined xorg.conf file may prevent your mouse and keyboard from functioning properly if a few special options are not used.

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Help -current

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Fixes -current

• Hot:

• Major:

• Simple:

• LQ Reference Fixes:

• Experimental Fixes:

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Builds, Packages & Scripts Notices -current

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Version Specific -current

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Disclaimers

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