No way! Below is quoted from the Slackware homepage.
"The first release candidate for the upcoming Slackware 9.0 is ready for testing
on
ftp.slackware.com. Some of the main components included are the 2.4.20 Linux
kernel, KDE 3.1, GNOME 2.2, and XFree86 4.3.0, as well as gcc-3.2.2 and the
latest development libraries. Enjoy!"
Hot plugging works well, too!
Dennis Kibbe
Quoting David Huerta <
phoenix1@dcdi.net>:
> Does it still use the 2.2.x kernel?
>
> > Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> > > How does it compare to Slack 8.1? Does 9.0 do any device
> > autodetection? I really liked 8.1, but could never get package tools
> > to work.
> >
> > 9.0 Sets up hotplugging by default. I plan to try it out tonight with my
> > USB flash drive, but 9.0 installed perfectly on an old PIII box that
> > 8.1, smoothwall and Debian had trouble with.
> >
> > Isn't package tools for something other than hardware? I haven't needed
> > to install anything (except Mozilla Calendar) since this is a full
> > install to play with.
> >
> > Dennis Kibbe
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