Slackware 13.1 RC2 Includes Pidgin 2.7.0

Yesterday evening, May 18th, Patrick Volkerding announced the second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.1 operating system. Powered by a Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, Slackware 13.1 RC2 comes with the newly released Pidgin 2.7.0 instant messenger and many other fixes. Without further ado, let's take a closer look at the changelog for Slackware 13.1 RC2:

· Linux kernel 2.6.33.4;
· KDE SC 4.4.3;
· Pidgin 2.7.0;
· Pidgin Encryption 3.1;
· Mercurial 1.5.2 (added hgk extension, zsh and bash completion, and Emacs .el files);
· Gwenview was patched for libjpeg8, to fix save after rotate;
· Fixed a crash in fmtutil;
· Slackpkg 2.81.1;
· Bash 4.1.007;
· Terminal was patched to fix a preferences dialog bug;
· mdadm was updated to version 2.6.9;
· CUPS 1.4.3;
· teTeX 3.0;
· system-config-printer 1.2.2;
· Fetchmail 6.3.17.

Patrick Volkerding also mentioned that a stable release of Slackware 13.1 should be available very soon!

About Slackware

Slackware is a Linux distribution created, developed and maintained 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. Slackware will offer you some of the finest and most popular applications in a KDE environment that is all about simplicity and ease of use and, at the same time, power and flexibility. It is one of the oldest distributions, having been started in April, 1993, with the aim of giving birth to a Linux distribution that was closer to its ancestor, UNIX.

Download and test Slackware 13.1 RC2 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only.