 The Oldest & the Greatest Linux distribution, Slackware 12.1 has been
released.
Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release again.
So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.1! Since we've moved to
supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and fine-tuned the system to get
the most out of it), we feel that Slackware 12.1 has many improvements over our
last release (Slackware 12.0) and is a must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.
Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find
better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable (FTP and HTTP,
not only NFS) installer; and two of the most advanced desktop environments
available today: Xfce 4.4.2, a fast, lightweight, and visually appealing desktop
environment, and KDE 3.5.9, the latest 3.x version of the full-featured K
Desktop Environment.
The official
announcement has more details. Also please consider helping to support the
project financially at
http://store.slackware.com (the CD set and DVD are off to replication, but
pre-orders are being taken now). Your kind support and the help of many
volunteers is what makes this project possible. Huge thanks are due to everybody
who pitched in and helped with bug reports, patches, testing, suggestions, other
comments, and everything else. Without this valuable input, Slackware would be
nowhere near what it is today. Special thanks to the CREW, to the people
developing and testing for
slackbuilds.org (where many of Slackware's future additions are first built
and tested), and to everyone on linuxquestions.org, various #slackware or ##slackware
IRC channels, other Slackware related web sites, and other places where the
community shares their needs and concerns with the team. On behalf of everyone
here, thanks. We think you'll enjoy this new release, and hope that you'll find
it to be much more than 0.1 better than Slackware 12.0. ;-)
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