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   Henrik Carlqvist to Joe Rosevear   
   Re: Slackware 15.0 data point   
   20 Mar 22 12:14:55   
   
   From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:06:58 +0000, Joe Rosevear wrote:   
   > Just for fun, I made (several years ago) a graph using the Slackware   
   > release history data I found on Wikipedia.   
      
   Nice graph! I really hope that 15.1 will come earlier than your estimate   
   as a smaller update than 15.0 which did contain some major changes.   
      
   Just a small hint for better image quality:   
      
   If you are putting your graph in a document like  a .pdf-file, the graph   
   will be rendered with better resulution if you use some vector format   
   instead of a raster format.   
      
   So using gnuplot to save the graph as some vector format like .svg   
   or .eps and then convert it to .pdf will look slightly better, especially   
   if you are going to print the graph on paper.   
      
   Here is an URL describing how to use postscript to get a nice   
   vectorized .pdf from gnuplot:   
   https://staff.itee.uq.edu.au/ksb/howto/gnuplot-pdf-howto.html   
   However, at least on my Slackware 14.2 system, when setting terminal to   
   pdf in gnuplot I also get a vectorized plot which seems just as good.   
      
   The vectorized plots will not only look better, they will probably also   
   give smaller file sizes.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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