-=> Andrew Leary wrote to Dan Clough <=-  
    
   DC> Well, going on three years now since the last post here.  Not sure why  
   DC> this echo doesn't get any attention.  I know there are other Slackers  
   DC> still out there.  Let's hear something from ya!  
    
   AL> I'm running Slackware 15.0 on my main BBS system.  I have updated it  
   AL> several times with security patches that came out after 15.0 was  
   AL> released.  
    
  Yep always a good idea to keep up with the security updates.  I  
  certainly do that too with my remaining Slackware systems.  
    
   AL> I also have a Devuan Linux 5/daedalus system running that I use for  
   AL> testing MBSE BBS with Debian derived distributions.  I chose Devuan  
   AL> because it is one of the few Debian type distributions that doesn't  
   AL> force using systemd.  
    
  I also generally try to avoid systemd.  About a year ago I've started  
  using "MX Linux" as my daily driver OS.  It's derived from MEPIS/AntiX  
  and was (the last time I looked) the "leading" Linux distro on  
  Distrowatch.com.  I know that doesn't mean a whole lot...  But it is  
  very nice, with some nice "tools" to make some tasks easier, and it's  
  Debian-based so you get the apt stuff, but no systemd.  I've really come  
  to like it a lot.  
    
   DC> I'm thinking 15.1 can't be more than 6 months away now...  ;-)  
    
   AL> We can certainly hope...  
    
  And unfortunately that's about all we CAN do.  Getting any actual "news"  
  is just not gonna happen.  I've always thought Patrick could/should do  
  better with "marketing" his product, but I guess he doesn't care much  
  about that side of things.  As I said in a post yesterday, my BBS is  
  running on -current at the moment, as it's newer hardware and X will not  
  run on it with 15.0.  Kernel support for the video hardware, I'm pretty  
  sure, and of course it could be overcome with a newer custom-compiled  
  kernel.  While I used to do that all the time, it's been years and I  
  just don't want to remember how to mess with that any more.  I don't  
  update it because it's quite likely something will break as a result, so  
  I'm hoping to use 15.1 eventually and get on a normal security/update  
  schedule again.  
    
  Somebody tell Patrick we're getting impatient...  ;-)  
    
    
    
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