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James Miller wrote:
>
> Of course there are plenty of Slack 4.0 mirrors out
> there too, with all the files except an iso.

If you've got a Slackware 3.5 CDrom, there's really no 
need to get 4.0.  Most of the bits & pieces in BL3 come 
from Slackware 3.5 or Slackware 3.2  (or were compiled 
by me).  I have CDroms for 3.2, 3.5 and 4.0, and tended 
to go with the version that had the smallest footprint 
(as long as it worked well).  Most of the 4.0 stuff is 
bigger (more features) so I usually opted for 3.5.

The reason I mentioned 4.0 was because a small number
of packages in 3.x will malfunction on BL3 because 
they were designed for a 2.0 kernel.  It's not a big
problem -- most users will probably never try to install 
one of those packages.  So, those of you with a Slack3
CDrom can keep using it.  

But, for those of you without a CDrom looking for the
best place to get Slackware packages, the most up-to-date
option and the only one with a similar kernel to BL3 is
Slackware 4.0.

Cheers,
Steven