Slackware Linux 14.2 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 4.4, without systemd | Linux Today

Slackware Linux 14.2 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 4.4, without systemd

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Marius Nestor
Jul 2, 2016

Slackware Linux 14.2 arrives two and a half months after the mid-April release of the second and last Release Candidate (RC) build, and it has now been declared stable and ready for deployment as your daily driver. Powered by the latest (at the moment of writing this article) long-term supported Linux 4.4.14 kernel, Slackware 14.2 ships with many up-to-date components and GNU/Linux technologies.

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Marius Nestor

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