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Review: Slackware goes to 11 (Linux.com)

[Posted October 18, 2006 by corbet]

Linux.com reviews Slackware 11. "I did notice that Slackware includes a little more multimedia support than other distros right out of the box. Most distros these days shy away from shipping MP3 support, or support for QuickTime movies, but Slackware includes both. Slack not only allows MP3 playback, but includes LAME for MP3 encoding as well."

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Posted Oct 18, 2006 19:19 UTC (Wed) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

Umm... I would like to correct the author's delusion: Slackware does *not* include LAME. I didn't think I remembered it being included, and after looking through my copy of Slack 11, there is indeed no mention of it. I have no idea where Mr. Brockmeier got this impression.

Review: Slackware goes to 11 (Linux.com)

Posted Oct 18, 2006 20:52 UTC (Wed) by zonker (subscriber, #7867) [Link]

Sigh. My bad, it was included with Dropline GNOME, which I also installed. Thanks for pointing out the error, though you could be a bit less insulting.

Review: Slackware goes to 11 (Linux.com)

Posted Oct 18, 2006 21:17 UTC (Wed) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

Sorry, it was meant in a jovial tone, not as an insult. We all make mistakes, and it was meant as just a bit of joking hyperbole...