Slackel MATE 9.0 is the latest major release branch of the Greek-developed Linux distribution Slackel, built on top of the Slackware “Current” (development) tree and incorporating advanced administration tools borrowed from Salix Linux. This version delivers an optimized, lightweight computing environment paired with the highly stable and customizable MATE desktop interface.

📢 Read more: https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=856

On DistroWatch: https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12885

AI can be helpful compiling 32bit packages for slackel.

Firefox dropped support for 32bit since version 140. So i had to build from source the 32bit firefox package for slackel 32bit.

Trying to build latest firefox 152.0.2 from source for 32 bit, build failed several times and i could not find what is going on.
For previous firefox versions build finished without errors.

So i asked Google AI.
📢 Read more 🔗 https://slackel.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/ai-can-be-helpful-compiling-32bit-packages-for-slackel/

🔗https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=855

📢 Slackel 9.0 Mate BETA2 has been released.
Slackel Mate 64 bit includes the Linux kernel 6.18.35.
Slackel Mate 32bit includes the Linux kernel 6.12.93.
Live iso images can be used also to install the system to hard disk.

You can download Slackel 9.0 MATE iso images from the following link.

⭐ Slackel 9.0 MATE beta2 (64-bit)
🔗 Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackel/files/mate/slackellive64-mate-9.0-beta2.iso/download

⭐ Slackel 9.0 MATE beta2 (32-bit)
🔗 Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackel/files/mate/slackellive-mate-9.0-beta2.iso/download
📢 Read more: https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=851

📢 Slackel 9.0 Mate BETA1 has been released.

Includes the Linux kernel 6.18.35, Mate-1.28.2 and latest updates from Slackware's 'Current' tree.

You can download Slackel 9.0 MATE iso image from the following link.

Live iso image can be used also to install the system to hard disk.

🔗 Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/slackel/files/mate/slackellive64-mate-9.0-beta1.iso/download
Read more: https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=848

⭐ New mumble 1.5.901 packages.

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/mumble-server-1.5.901-x86_64-1dj.txz
🔗https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/mumble-server-1.5.901-i586-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/mumble-1.5.901-x86_64-1dj.txz
🔗https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/mumble-1.5.901-i586-1dj.txz

📢 Poco needed for mumble
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/poco-1.13.3-x86_64-1dj.txz
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/poco-1.13.3-i586-1dj.txz

📢 For those using mumble after installing the packages mumble-server and mumble they have to edit /etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf and uncomment the line 259
AddModule "espeak-ng" "sd_espeak-ng" "espeak-ng.conf"

To load the correct module.

Then sound will work on mumble.

⭐ LibreOffice 26.2.4 packages for x86_64 and i586 are on Slackel repos along with x86_64 and i586 lang and help packages.

📢 You also need to install apache-ant and libnumbertext and liblangtag from slackel repos.

📢 Install openjre which is a dependency and is small in size 26MB for java support.
📢 Slackel users do not have to do anything, system will inform for update.

x86_64
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.4-x86_64-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/locale/

i586
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.4-i586-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/locale/

⭐ LibreOffice 26.2.3 packages for x86_64 and i586 are on Slackel repos along with x86_64 and i586 lang and help packages.

📢 You also need to install apache-ant and libnumbertext and liblangtag from slackel repos.

📢 Install openjre which is a dependency and is small in size 26MB for java support.
📢 Slackel users do not have to do anything, system will inform for update.

x86_64
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.3-x86_64-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/locale/

i586
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.3-i586-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/locale/

📢 How to create your own Radio Station using a dynamic ip domain.

🔗 https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=845
🔗 https://slackel.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/how-to-create-your-own-radio-station-using-a-dynamic-ip-domain/
🔗 https://forum.salixos.org/viewtopic.php?t=8950

🎸 https://meraklis.ddns.net/myradio.html

🎵 https://meraklis.ddns.net/index-en.html

⭐ RADIO MERAKLIS

📢 Home made radio station using icecast, mpd and Let's Encrypt certificates. Streaming with apache running on Slackel.

🔗 https://meraklis.ddns.net

I wiil write an article how you can do it yourself.

⭐ LibreOffice 26.2.1 packages for x86_64 and i586 are on Slackel repos along with x86_64 and i586 lang and help packages.

📢 You also need to install apache-ant and libnumbertext and liblangtag from slackel repos.

📢 Install openjre which is a dependency and is small in size 26MB for java support.
📢 Slackel users do not have to do anything, system will inform for update.

x86_64
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.1-x86_64-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/x86_64/current/slackel/locale/

i586
🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/extra/libreoffice-26.2.1-i586-1dj.txz

🔗 https://slackware.uk/slackel/i486/current/slackel/locale/