De acordo com o Changelog do Slackware, a primeira release candidate do Slackware 12.2 já está pronta e deve ser liberada nesta semana.

O Changelog revela ainda que o KDE4 só entrará mesmo nos repositórios current, a partir da próxima versão, a 13.0.

Confira um trecho do changelog:

"While there are still some docs that need updating and probably a few more tweaks and updates here and there, everything is mostly in place for the next stable release, Slackware 12.2. The versions of major components like X and the kernel can be considered frozen. Anything major that we haven't done yet will probably wait for the release after this next one. As Slackware 12.2 is only a 0.1 version bump, we're trying to focus on making it better without causing instability or losing compatibility with Slackware 12.1 wherever possible. Invasive changes like the new X (that will require changes to xorg.conf) and merging KDE4 should probably wait for Slackware 13.0."

Fonte: Comunidade Linux na Rede