Slackware 11.0 Release Candidate 1 Is Here

Well, slackware-current is now officially Slackware 11.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). Patrick made an update to the -current ChangeLog earlier today. This means it’s time for me to burn a copy and install it on my development machine. New slackware releases are always very exciting. Congrats on coming upon another fine Slackware release Patrick! It’s gonna be great.

Mon Aug 14 02:23:30 CDT 2006
There are still a few changes yet to happen, but let’s call this
Slackware 11.0 release candidate 1.
a/glibc-solibs-2.3.6-i486-4.tgz: Recompiled.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.3.6-noarch-4.tgz: Updated to tzcode2006i and tzdata2006g.
a/kernel-ide-2.4.33-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.33 bare.i kernel.
a/kernel-modules-2.4.33-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.33 kernel modules.
a/udev-097-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to udev-097.
Updated the rc.optical-symlinks script.
Added locking to cdrom-symlinks.sh and nethelper.sh scripts to avoid race
conditions at boot time. Thanks to Piter Punk.
Fixed bugs in rc.udev where the script attempts to mount devpts and usbfs
even if they are already mounted. Thanks to Gunnar Florus Johansen.
d/kernel-headers-2.4.33-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.33 kernel headers.
k/kernel-source-2.4.33-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.33 kernel source.
l/alsa-driver-1.0.11_2.4.33-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to alsa-driver compiled
for Linux 2.4.33.
l/glibc-2.3.6-i486-4.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.4.33 and 2.6.16.27
kernel headers.
l/glibc-i18n-2.3.6-noarch-4.tgz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.3.6-i486-4.tgz: Recompiled.
l/jre-1_5_0_08-i586-1.tgz: Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition
Runtime Environment Version 5.0, Release 8.
n/tcpip-0.17-i486-38.tgz: Upgraded to ethtool-4.
Upgraded to tftp-0.42.
Relinked /bin/ftp with correct libreadline. Thanks to Udo A. Steinberg.
extra/jdk-1.5.0_08/jdk-1_5_0_08-i586-1.tgz: Upgraded to Java(TM) 2
Platform Standard Edition Development Kit Version 5.0, Release 8.
bootdisks/*: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.33 kernels.
isolinux/initrd.img: Upgraded USB/IEEE1394 modules to Linux 2.4.33.
isolinux/network.dsk: Upgraded network modules to Linux 2.4.33.
isolinux/pcmcia.dsk: Upgraded pcmcia modules to Linux 2.4.33.
kernels/*: Upgraded 2.4.x kernels to Linux 2.4.33 kernels.
rootdisks/install.1: Upgraded USB/IEEE1394 modules to Linux 2.4.33.
rootdisks/install.2: Upgraded USB/IEEE1394 modules to Linux 2.4.33.
rootdisks/install.zip: Upgraded USB/IEEE1394 modules to Linux 2.4.33.
rootdisks/network.dsk: Upgraded network modules to Linux 2.4.33.
rootdisks/pcmcia.dsk: Upgraded pcmcia modules to Linux 2.4.33.

You can obtain the unofficial CD iso images or the DVD images here.