Shrinivasan T <[email protected]> writes: > Source: http://www.slackware.com/announce/14.0.php > > Yes, it is that time again! After well over a year of planning, > development, and testing, the Slackware Linux Project is proud to > announce the latest stable release of the longest running distribution > of the Linux operating system, Slackware version 14.0! > > We are sure you'll enjoy the many improvements. We've done our best > to bring the latest technology to Slackware while still maintaining the > stability and security that you have come to expect. Slackware is well > known for its simplicity and the fact that we try to bring software to > you in the condition that the authors intended. > > Slackware 14.0 brings many updates and enhancements, among which > you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available > today: Xfce 4.10.0, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and > easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.8.5, a recent stable release > of the 4.8.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment. > These desktops utilize udev, udisks, and udisks2, and many of the > specifications from freedesktop.org which allow the system administrator > to grant use of various hardware devices according to users' group > membership so that they will be able to use items such as USB flash > sticks, USB cameras that appear like USB storage, portable hard drives, > CD and DVD media, MP3 players, and more, all without requiring sudo, the > mount or umount command. Just plug and play. Slackware's desktop > should be suitable for any level of Linux experience. > > > Downloading Slackware 14.0: > --------------------------- > > The full version of Slackware Linux 14.0 is available for download > from the central Slackware FTP site hosted by our friends at osuosl.org: > > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/ > > If the sites are busy, see the list of official mirror sites here: > > http://mirrors.slackware.com >
Very first Linux distribution I used. It was a set of floppy disks. But never looked back once started using Debian. Regards, Noorul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
