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Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.1.05
Paul Sherman announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.1.05, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Big change is with the installer, "Autoinstall" option that takes care of drive partitioning along with the Lilo setup, making install much easier for new-comers to Linux and/or text-based installation.....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 12.1.03
A new release of Absolute Linux, version 12.1.03, is ready for download; it is a release candidate as it is based on Slackware-current. Changes: "Updated firefox to 3.0.1; Updated nasm, dnsmasq and e2fsprogs, as well as ati, nv and intel video drivers; Added video drivers for Mach64 and....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.1.02
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.1.02, the second bug-fix and security update of the stable 12.1 series: "Absolute Linux 12.1.02. Changes: Firefox updated to 3.0, this necessitated installation of XULRunner 1.9, which can also subsequently be used to build Firebird and other applications; MPlayer....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.1.01
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.1.01, the first minor update to the light-weight, Slackware-based desktop distribution. From the changelog: "wicd updated (version 1.4.2), includes changes to daemon.py and networking.py to accommodate Slackware's networking scripts without altering them; 5ball gets a new high-contrast theme (requested....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.1
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.1, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Absolute Linux 12.1 final released. Last tweaks before release involved file-finding utility (ff.py) for which I improved the graphical user interface (colors, font usage). Because I also updated to....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 12.1 RC1
Paul Sherman has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Absolute Linux 12.1, a light-weight variant of Slackware Linux with the IceWM window manager: "Absolute Linux 12.1 RC1 released. The latest build uses enhanced PCMan in place of ROX-Filer as the default file manager, but ROX....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 12.1 Beta 2
Paul Sherman has announced the availability of a new beta release of Absolute Linux 12.1, a light-weight modification of Slackware using the IceWM window manager: "Absolute Linux 12.1 Beta 2. This is another new kernel (2.6.23.12) which I compiled with tickless (for laptop lower-power, for battery life extension).....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 12.1.0 Beta 1
Paul Sherman has announced the first beta release of Absolute Linux 12.1.0, now based on the recently updated Slackware "Current" branch: "This is a beta release because it is based on Slackware current. The base system, utilities and integration are actually superior to anything in the 12.x series....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0.7
Paul Sherman has released an updated version of Absolute Linux, a light-weight, Slackware-based distribution featuring the IceWM window manager: "Absolute 12.0.7 released. Fairly extensive changes in terms of bug removal and added features. Major fixes include mounted external volumes writable by users as well as root. The clearFstab....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0.6
Paul Sherman has announced the availability of an updated release of Absolute Linux, a light-weight modification of Slackware featuring the IceWM window manager. From the changelog: "Midnight Commander, Dillo and Ggradebook added to default packages; XDM updated for nice graphical login, when desired; IceWM update to include menu....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0.4
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.0.4, a light-weight, Slackware-based desktop Linux distribution: "Pardon the rapid-fire release, but the kernel source was misconfigured and the kernel size was too large for older PCs. Also, the source code for ROX was altered for nice interface additions,....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0.3
Paul Sherman has released an updated version of Absolute Linux, a Slackware-based distribution with the IceWM window manager and graphical configuration utilities. From the changelog: "Updated slapt-get 0.9.12, gslapt 0.3.18, GnuPG 1.4.7 (which can co-exist with the installed GnuPG 2.x); kernel source header versions corrected, compiles NVIDIA driver....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0.1
Paul Sherman has announced the availability of Absolute Linux 12.0.1, a light-weight modification of Slackware Linux with IceWM: "Absolute Linux 12.0.1 released." From the changelog: "Kernel recompiled to support i586 CPUs (Pentium-1 and K6-2); K3b 1.0.3 updated for bug fixes, including one device error that could prevent application....
Distribution Release: Absolute Linux 12.0
Paul Sherman has announced the release of Absolute Linux 12.0, a light-weight variant of Slackware Linux using the IceWM window manager: "This is Slackware 12.0 modification. Features kernel 2.6.21.5 (smp) and implements auto-mounting capabilities for devices and media. Updates to Hal and DevTray installation since last release. 586....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 12.0 RC1
Paul Sherman has announced the first release candidate of Absolute Linux 12.0, a light-weight variant of Slackware Linux using the IceWM window manager: "This is Slackware Linux 12.0 RC1 modification. Features kernel 2.6.21.5 (SMP) and implements auto-mounting capabilities for devices and media. Has a recompiled kernel that accommodates....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 3
Paul Sherman has announced the third beta release of Absolute Linux 11.1, a light-weight modification of Slackware with IceWM window manager and custom configuration utilities: "11.1b3 has been released. Many changes, most small, but some of real importance. Kernel masquerades as 'hugesmp', but it is a recompiled 'genericsmp'....
Development Release: Absolute Linux 11.1 Beta 2
Absolute Linux is a light-weight modification of Slackware Linux using IceWM and ROX for its window and file managers. Based on Slackware's current repository, the distribution's second beta build of version 11.1 is out for testing: "Beta 2 of the 11.1 series has been uploaded. Features auto-mounting, which....