| Slackware Linux的正式发布由Patrick
Volkerding负责，这是一套先进的Linux操作系统，它为着易用性和高稳定性双重目标而设计。Slackware包含最新的流行软件，并按照传
统提供简单易用性、灵活性和强大的功能，它将世界的精华呈现在你的面前。Linux是最早由Linux
Torvalds于1991年发起的类似UNIX的操作系统，它得益于现在全世界数百万用户和开发人员所作出的贡献。Slackware
Linux同时向新手和高级用户提供一套先进的系统，可装备使用在从桌面工作站到机房服务器的任何场合。可以按需使用各种web、ftp和email服务
器，正如可以在各种流行的桌面环境中作出选择。大量的开发工具和编辑器、库文件被包纳进来，以方便那些希望开发或编译额外软件的用户们。 The Slackware Linux development tree is moving rapidly towards the next stable release - it has now reached release candidate 2 status: "Slackware 13.1 RC2. Expect a stable release when it's ready." Among several recent updates there are a security update to Pidgin and a bug-fix update to CUPS: "Upgraded to Pidgin 2.7.0 and Pidgin Encryption 3.1. The msn_emoticon_msg function in slp.c in the MSN protocol plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a custom emoticon in a malformed SLP message. ... Merged Till Kamppeter's patch to restore the ability to use usblp with the USB backend (in addition to the libusb method). This package will remove any cups.blacklist.usblp.conf from a previous installation." See the full release announcement for a full list of changes since RC1. Unofficial installation DVD images of the Slackware "Current" tree, built on 18 May, are available from here: slackware-current-18_May_2010-DVD.iso (1,905MB, MD5), slackware64-current-18_May_2010-DVD.iso (1,852MB, MD5). |
