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Hello,

as I do not see Slackware 15.1 on he horizon I will provide a new intermediate ISO for Slint 15.0.

To prepare it and make sure the transition will be smooth for already installed systems I have uploaded a huge batch of updates - I mean huge, more than 200 packages new or upgraded

I have posted a summary of the changes in the news and the gory details are listed in the ChangeLog. The news are also available in French and in Portuguese, thanks Hugo - the fastest translator us usual

I attach a pic of the new default appearance of the MATE desktop, with the Compiz window manager and Emerald Overglossed theme.

The news are now translated into Swedish, thanks Ingemar

When is the new ISO scheduled for?
It will be slint64-15.0-6.iso, right?

Thanks for asking Hugo and sorry for the late answer.

There is no schedule. I want to provide an ISO with only one desktop (Mate), which will be a live one and with less packages by default: somehow a design similar to Salix (other desktops could be added in an installed system) I am now trying to select the packages that will be included in the live system vs the installed system (not necessarily the same set), which take me a lot of (read: too much) time by lack of a clear method to do that (either strip down the current Slint or start with a limited set as Salix, probably a mix of both ways). <useless rant> If only Slackware was built with dependencies resolution of build/run/optional packages from the inception...</useless rant>

PS Yes it will be named slint64-15.0-6.iso

Thank you for your reply.
I like the idea of having Slint with a live ISO and the Salix philosophy. I've always liked the minimalist idea of one application per task. I understand that this must be a lot of work, especially since Slint is based on Slackware