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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. ;-)
Have fun!
Pat and the Slackware team |
