October 31, 2007

Absolute OS 12.1.0 beta1 (Default branch)

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Absolute is a lightweight Slackware Linux derivative distribution that uses an Icewm, ROX-Filer window/file manager combination. It comes with Firefox, The GIMP, MPlayer, K3B, kTorrent, Gaim, Frostwire, Gftp, StarDict, Skype, and many other titles all set up and ready to run. Several utilities are included to ease configuration and management. It is compatible with all Slackware 11 packages and can be installed just like a Slackware disk, except that you cannot choose which packages to install or remove, as it just installs everything.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

Changes:
Based on Slackware-current (hence the Beta), but it is actually the best tested and integrated 12.x release to date. Xorg 7.3, GIMP 2.4 final, recompilation of about half the distribution including Firefox 2.0.0.8 (with headers and IDL included), new mplayer, and mplayerplug-in compiled on the distribution itself. An updated multimedia installer and updated utilities.