Compatible with Slackware64

Dec 25, 2009 11:40 GMT  ·  By

George Vlahavas from the Salix OS development team proudly announced two days before Christmas that Salix 13.0.2 was available for download on mirrors worldwide. The good news for all the fans of this Slackware-based Linux distribution is that it now has a 64-bit edition, which is backwards compatible with the Slackware64 operating system. Salix64 offers an easier way to install the XFCE desktop environment, and a software repository with lots of packages. The Salix developers also prepared a software repository with dependency information for both 32-bit and 64-bit Slackware packages.

"Another important addition this release brings is the inclusion of the huge.s Slackware kernel in the 32-bit iso, which now makes it possible to install Salix in PCs with AMD K6, Intel Pentium or even 486 CPUs. [...] On behalf of the Salix team, I wish you all Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!" - said George Vlahavas in the official release announcement.

Highlights of Salix OS 13.0.2:

· Fixed Linux kernel issues; · Fixed some issues in Mozilla Firefox; · Installer improvements, including an easier way to create a user; · Updated the XFCE environment packages (USB devices will no longer be mounted with the "sync" option); · Added an update checker and notifier tool, called salix-update-notifier, which uses the gslapt utility to update packages; · XFCE's taskbar buttons were localized.

Unfortunately, it appears that an important bug has been left in this release. It is related to the autoinstall feature, which will fail to work if the hard drive is bigger than 15 GB. Therefore, all users are urged to employ the "install" option instead of the "autoinstall" one if their hard drives are bigger than 15 GB. For those of you who have already used the "autoinstall" feature, a fix has been released here.

Download Salix OS 13.0.2 right now from Softpedia.