Slackware Linux 14.1 RC1 发布

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。
 
Patrick Volkerding has announced that the "Current" branch of Slackware Linux has reached release candidate status in preparation for the release of stable version 14.1: " And with this batch of updates and fixes (clearing the rest of the important stuff from the TODO list), we have arrived at Slackware 14.1 release candidate 1! Please test and report any remaining issues. UEFI (with the exception of Secure Boot, which will have to wait until we have real hardware) should be fully implemented in the installer now, which will detect and warn about common problems, set up the EFI System Partition under /boot/efi, and install ELILO and a UEFI boot entry automatically. Several useful netfilter and networking utilities have been added. With this batch of updates, everything should be considered frozen (including the kernel) unless there's a good reason to change something. Enjoy! See you all for the release, hopefully soon." See the full changelog for all the recent updates and fixes. Interested testers can download Eric Hameleers' unofficial installation DVD image built from Slackware's "Current" tree: slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso (2,018MB, MD5).