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[Cliff Pratt]

andrej at paradise.net.nz wrote:
> Quoting Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com>:
> 
>> I didn't even know that you could upgrade Slack eg from 9 to 10. I 
>> thought that it *had* to be a fresh install.
> Nope, you can actually upgrade them on the fly; init 1,
> do some magic (i.e. follow the instructions) and off you
> go.  Just upgraded 2 11.0 installs to 12.0 with no hassles.
> In fact, one of those machines has been running Slack since 8
> w/o a re-install ... just kept upgrading.
> 
> 
>> Slack still uses the 2.4 series kernel and lilo and there's no excuse 
>> for that. They are both sooooo old, and while they still work, that's 
>> about all that can be said for them.
> Read again ...  http://slackware.com/announce/12.0.php  
> Slack12 uses a 2.6.21.5 by default.
> 
> You need to upgrade your prejudice ;}
> 
Well done Slack. After only 3 years of 2.6 kernels!

Cheers,

Cliff