Patrick Volkerding Announced Slackware 12.1 RC1

The first release candidate of Slackware 12.1 was released today, as announced by Patrick J. Volkerding, who also invited everyone interested in testing to help out.

CUPS was updated to version 1.3.7, which fixes some buffer overflows in the GIF image filter and in cgiCompileSearch. HAL was recompiled with the --enable-umount-helper parameter, to allow non-root users to umount hotplugged devices from the command line. The instant messenger Pidgin is now version 2.4.1, the latest edition of the popular application.

Here are some other highlights of Slackware 12.1 RC1:

• a/aaa_elflibs-12.1.0-i486-1.tgz: Updated the initial "starter" library package to the latest versions in -current.
• a/cxxlibs-6.0.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libstdc++.so.6.0.9 from
gcc-4.2.3.
• a/mdadm-2.6.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mdadm-2.6.4.
• a/pciutils-2.2.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to pciutils-2.2.10.
• a/sysvinit-2.86-i486-6.tgz: Fixed the /sbin/initscript path to match the man pages.
• ap/hplip-2.8.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to hplip-2.8.4.
• ap/zsh-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to zsh-4.3.6.
• d/gdb-6.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gdb-6.8.
• l/hal-info-20080317-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to hal-info-20080317.
• n/bind-9.4.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to bind-9.4.2.
• n/wpa_supplicant-0.5.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to wpa_supplicant-0.5.10.
• x/wqy-zenhei-font-ttf-0.5.23-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to wqy-zenhei-0.5.23.
• x/xf86-video-amd-2.7.7.7-i486-1.tgz: Removed.
• x/xf86-video-geode-2.8.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-geode-2.8.0.
• This package has been renamed from xf86-video-amd to avoid confusion with other AMD video products.
• x/xf86-video-intel-2.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Reverted to xf86-video-intel-2.2.1.

About Slackware Linux:

Slackware was started by Patrick Volkerding with ease of use and stability in mind. This distribution is considered one of the most secure and stable at this moment. You will find the latest popular applications in an environment that offers simplicity and ease of use and at the same time power and flexibility. Slackware was created to melt the two worlds, of beginners and advanced users, into a single distribution that could satisfy everyone. Also, it is one of the oldest distributions, being started in April 1993, with the aim to give birth to Linux distribution that's closer to its ancestor, Unix. Slackware can work acceptably even on a 486 machine.

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