it's that time again!

[Vaggelis Tripolitakis]

On 7/3/07, DJ Art <djart at linux.gr> wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 July 2007, nikos roussos wrote:
> > για όσους δεν ενημερώθηκαν ήδη, βγήκε το slackware 12.0:
> > http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.0.php
> > με αρκετές αλλαγές σε σχέση με το 11.0
>
> Συνήθως αποτελεί καλή ιδέα το να βάζεις στο mail προς την LGU και το
> κείμενο/announcement του release του Slackware.
>
> Συνήθως το κείμενο αυτό κεντρίζει διάφορους αγαπητούς αναγνώστες της
> λίστας (φήμες λένε ότι απλώς ζηλεύουν το Slackware επειδή οι ίδιοι
> χρησιμοποιούν κάτι γελοιότητες για Distros) και πολλές φορές το
> σχολιάζουν κιόλας (καυστικά). Και φυσικά, ΣΥΝΗΘΩΣ αυτό μπορεί να
> προκαλέσει από απλώς ένα ευχάριστο απόγευμα μέχρι ένα απλό flamewar
> (δηλαδή μια ευχάριστη εβδομάδα) :>
>
>
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: [slackware-announce]  Slackware 12.0 released
> Date: Tuesday 03 July 2007
> From: Slackware Security Team <security at slackware.com>
> To: slackware-announce at slackware.com
>
>
> The official announcement follows:
>
>
> Well folks, it's that time to announce a new stable Slackware release
> again.  So, without further ado, announcing Slackware version 12.0!
> 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
> 12.0 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 11.0) and is
> a
> must-have upgrade for any Slackware user.
>
> This first Slackware edition of the year combines Slackware's legendary
> simplicity (and close tracking of original sources), stability, and
> security with some of the latest advances in Linux technology.  Expect
> no
> less than the best Slackware yet.
>
> Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll
> find
> two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce
> 4.4.1,
> a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop
> environment, and KDE 3.5.7, the latest version of the award-winning K
> Desktop Environment.  We have added to Slackware support for HAL (the
> Hardware Abstraction Layer) which allows the system administrator to add
> users to the cdrom and plugdev groups. Then 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.
> Properly set up, Slackware's desktop should be suitable for any level of
> Linux experience.
>
> Slackware uses the 2.6.21.5 kernel bringing you advanced performance
> features such as journaling filesystems, SCSI and ATA RAID volume
> support,
> SATA support, Software RAID, LVM (the Logical Volume Manager, and
> encrypted filesystems.  Kernel support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering
> Interface) brings high-speed hardware accelerated 3D graphics to Linux.
> We have switched from the older one-piece X11 Window System to the
> newest
> modular X11 from X.Org, which should be simpler to maintain and will
> likely speed up development of new features for X (such as translucent
> windows and a few other things that are on the horizon).
>
> There are two kinds of kernels in Slackware -- the huge kernels, which
> contain support for just about every driver in the Linux kernel. These
> are
>
.....
>
>
> - ---
> Patrick J. Volkerding    <volkerdi at slackware.com>
>
> Visit us on the web at:  http://slackware.com
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> Thanos Kyritsis <djart at linux.gr>
> Q: Εθελοντής ή θεατής ?
> A: Ιδιοκτήτης! ;-)
>
>
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<flame bait>
zhtw ole heep heep hurray ktl

ante kai to 2012 me tous olumpiakous tou londinou 8a baloun kai ton
2.8.xx kernel
</flame bait>

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