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| -rw-r--r-- | README.TXT | 54 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 30 deletions
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ -Welcome to Slackware 14.0! (64-bit x86_64 edition)
+Welcome to Slackware 14.1! (64-bit x86_64 edition)
-Slackware 14.0 is a complete distribution of the Linux operating system.
+Slackware 14.1 is a complete distribution of the Linux operating system.
-Here are some versions of major components of Slackware 14.0:
+Here are some versions of major components of Slackware 14.1:
-- Linux kernel 3.2.29
-- C compiler gcc-4.7.1
-- Binutils 2.22.52.0.2
-- GNU C Library glibc-2.15
+- Linux kernel 3.10.17
+- C compiler gcc-4.8.2
+- Binutils 2.23.52.0.1
+- GNU C Library glibc-2.17
- X Window System X11R7.7
-- KDE 4.8.5
-- Xfce 4.10.0
+- KDE 4.10.5
+- Xfce 4.10.1
For installation instructions, see the file 'Slackware-HOWTO'.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ For important hints about this release, see the file 'CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT'. These are some of the important files and directories found on the Slackware
FTP site:
- ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/
+ ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/
Thanks to cwo.com for continuing to help us with hosting for our web site,
and to the OSU Open Source Lab for hosting our archives at ftp.slackware.com
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@ If you're reading this on a CD-ROM, these directories will probably be split across several discs.
.
-|-- ANNOUNCE.14.0 Announcement for Slackware 14.0.
+|-- ANNOUNCE.14.1 Announcement for Slackware 14.1.
|-- BOOTING.TXT Tips for troubleshooting boot problems.
-|-- CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT A summary of major changes from Slackware 13.37
-| to 14.0 and common pitfalls.
+|-- CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT A summary of major changes from Slackware 14.0
+| to 14.1 and common pitfalls.
|-- CHECKSUMS.md5 MD5 format file checksums.
|-- COPYING The GNU Public License, version 2.
|-- COPYING3 The GNU Public License, version 3.
|-- COPYRIGHT.TXT Slackware copyright and trademark information.
|-- CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT Legal information about encryption in Slackware.
|-- ChangeLog.txt Log of system changes.
+|-- EFI/ Boot files for UEFI systems.
|-- FILELIST.TXT List of files on the Slackware FTP site.
|-- GPG-KEY The GnuPG key used to verify Slackware packages.
|-- PACKAGES.TXT A detailed list of the core Slackware packages.
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ split across several discs. | (including the /, if you want).
|-- README_RAID.TXT Information about installing Slackware using the
| kernel's Software RAID (md) levels.
+|-- README_UEFI.TXT Instructions for installing on UEFI machines.
|-- SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT Documentation for the Speakup speech synth software.
|-- SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT How to install with Speakup speech synthesis.
|
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ split across several discs. |-- extra/ Extra packages for Slackware like:
| | aspell-word-lists, bash-completion, bittornado,
| | bittorrent, brltty, emacspeak, mplayerplug-in,
-| | partitionmanager, recordmydesktop, tightvnc, wicd,
+| | partitionmanager, recordmydesktop, tigervnc, wicd,
| | and xf86-video-fbdev. Scripts are also included to
| | repackage some non-redistributable binaries into
| | Slackware packages: google-chrome, java, and
@@ -78,16 +80,16 @@ split across several discs. | |
| `-- initrd.img Installation initrd (can also be loaded with Loadlin)
|
-|-- kernels/ Precompiled Linux 3.2.29 kernel images.
+|-- kernels/ Precompiled Linux 3.10.17 kernel images.
| |
| `-- huge.s The default standard install kernel for Slackware.
| This supports pretty much everything in the
-| 3.2.29 kernel, including Speakup. This kernel
+| 3.10.17 kernel, including Speakup. This kernel
| requires an x86_64 (also known as AMD64, EM64T, or
| Intel 64) capable 64-bit CPU.
|
|-- slackware64/ This directory contains the core software packages
-| | for Slackware 14.0.
+| | for Slackware 14.1.
| |
| |-- a/ The A (base) package series.
| |-- ap/ The AP (applications) package series.
@@ -129,18 +131,10 @@ split across several discs. |
|-- testing/ This directory contains packages being tested
| | for possible use in future versions of Slackware.
-| | Here you'll find rp-pppoe-3.11, a user-space PPPoE
-| | client, which came in just a bit too late to be
-| | tested for inclusion in the main tree.
-| | Also included are config files for more recent
-| | branches of the Linux kernel.
-| | Finally, there are newer versions of libdrm and
-| | the X video drivers nouveau, ati, and intel.
-| | These alternate drivers require the libdrm
-| | update, so be sure to install that if you try
-| | them. These weren't included in the main tree
-| | because Mesa is not yet compile-ready for this
-| | version of libdrm.
+| | For this release, it contains efibootmgr-0.6.0
+| | and sample kernel configuration files for an
+| | older LTS kernel (3.4.66), as well as the latest
+| | kernel (3.12).
| |
| `--- source/ This directory contains source code for the
| packages in testing.
@@ -160,7 +154,7 @@ split across several discs. If you like Slackware, please consider supporting the project by becoming
-a Slackware subscriber. The announcement (ANNOUNCE_14.0) in this directory
+a Slackware subscriber. The announcement (ANNOUNCE_14.1) in this directory
has information about ordering or subscribing to the Slackware CD-ROM or
DVD releases. Note that the x86_64 release is only available as part of the
DVD. You can find out about ordering Slackware on media, or read more about
|