The Linux World
Strangely enough, Slackware 10.2 is being prepared currently, rather than the Slackware 11 that I would venture the bulk of the community was expecting. The problem with this: Slackware 11 is expected to incorporate the 2.6 kernel series. 10.2 will continue the 2.4 series, which means Zach will continue to lock on first boot without a kernel parameter or kernel reload. Of course, being a Gentoo freak now means that I would just compile my own, but the point still stands.
Of course, 10.2 will be the first Slack release to ship without Gnome. This would have broken my heart (at least academically, not like I really used it) a while back, but now I am overjoyed. Who knows what KDE version will ship (well, I’m sure a lot of people know, but I don’t follow it anymore).
At this point, Slack is like an ex-girlfriend; I’m not interested, but I still keep an eye out for what it’s doing. Gentoo has been great, although I’m excited for them to yank KDE 3.4.2 out of testing. That’s going to be a heck of a compile when that gets pushed to the mainline.
MythTV actually works. I’m not using it currently, but it works.
Aside: Kerri Underwood is already doing Kit Kat commercials? Wowee. That didn’t take long.
I’m wondering when MythTV 0.19 will come out. It’s been a while since the last update.
Also: where is OpenOffice 2.0 Final? I was under the assumption we were looking at a July release date, even with delay. The website seems to be falling out of date, and nothing seems to be happening.
In the meantime, KWord is really good. KSpread…not so much. As much of an Excel freak as I am, I would be pretty tempted to start submitting patches to KSpread. It’s just a disaster right now.
Well, must go to bed…