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。
A stable Slackware Linux 12.1 is just behind the corner: "We have now reached the Slackware 12.1 RC2 milestone. We're beyond updating packages or fixing minor cosmetic bugs at this point (actually, we had hoped to be past that with RC1, but there were still items in need of attention). What we have here now has proven to be stable for our testers, so unless some real showstoppers are found we'll be releasing this as Slackware 12.1-final soon." In other changelog items, the Linux kernel has been updated to version 2.6.24.5, glibc recompiled for the new kernel and xine-libs fixed due to a possible security issue. Please see the detailed changelog for further information. As always, no official installation media have been released, but unofficial CD and DVD images should be available from this mirror shortly.

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