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- 5.0.6
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- - better integration of SLAX modules (.mo) in KDE
- - moved syncing in slax installer (to the end)
- - mntall script now also mounts (not only detects) all partitions when it's started,
- nevertheless then it still doesn't mount any new (eg. usb) devices automatically
- when they are plugged while running slax (only detects them and updates fstab)
- - using Linux Kernel 2.6.12.2 with new ALSA sound drivers 1.0.9b
- - KOffice+Pim are now in a separated base module, so it's easily removable
- - kdeApps are in separated module also
- - added new GTK default theme so GTK applications won't look ugly anymore.
- This is needed because a lot of modules will be for GTK, I'm sure
- - fixed configsave and websafe, it didn't work properly for two or more sessions
- - removed nforce support for sound/net, I'm sorry but the driver won't compile
- - removed ThunderBird from Popcorn Edition
- - changed Kopete default font - it's smaller now
- - run ldconfig if /modules/ are used.
- - updated devel module, kernel source need make version.h etc...
- - added SLAX installer to KDE menu. The same for Netconf
- - compilled koffice 1.4 with wordperfect support
- - configsave now refuses to work under guest account
- - changed font settings for konqueror to use Luxi: Sans,Serif,Mono
- - removed 75dpi & Type1 fonts (saves 20MB!)
- - updated slax network configurator to offer implicit values which are currently set.
- - hopefully better function to create fstab
- - mntall script now uses blkid
- - start lisa with kde to allow LAN browsing, it needed some config file
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- 5.0.5 Popcorn Edition
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- - upgraded to unionfs 1.0.12a + patches from current CVS
- - added XFce
- - added GTK apps for XFce: mozilla firefox and thunderbird, gaim, abiword, xmms, gmplayer
- - removed some *.pod documentation from perl, saves 2 MB
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- 5.0.5
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- - recompiled kernel, using 2.6.11.8 with 4GB RAM support and SMP
- - fixed error message during X startup (about hostname)
- - guest user can see mixer icon and screensize icon too
- - added kio_imap for kmail
- - LISA is started with KDE to allow LAN browsing
- - startx didn't start KDE after flux command, fixed
- - updated fluxbox menu
- - created nice fluxbox plastik theme
- - added fstab-create script to make sure all devices are listed in fstab
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- 5.0.4
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- - SLAX updated to Slackware current
- - fixed Kopete, it doesn't crash anymore.
- - recompiled KDE, added cyrus-sasl support
- - fixed slax installer, added remount,sync option
- - added MPlayer 1.0pre7
- - firewall is not started automatically anymore
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- 5.0.3
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- - fixed PS/2 mouse - added missing rc.modules
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- 5.0.2
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- - better international support (more suitable default font in KDE)
- - fixed perl warning messages
- - fixed USB devices recognition during boot, removed ub USB driver
- - removed some TipsOfTheDay
- - cdrom devices are mounted with iso9660 now
- - added Linux kernel 2.6.11.7
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- 5.0.1
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- - X fonts are configured properly now, international characters should work OK
- - linux live scripts handle automounting differently, thus SLAX should find
- even usb devices, and cdrom devices are mounted to /mnt/cdrom_hdc for example.
- Also initrd contains codepage cp437 module for access to vfat filesystems
- - udev is started even with nohotplug boot argument
- - MySLAX creator upgraded to 1.7
- - fluxbox command replaced by flux one
- - gui* scripts start xwindow in vesa mode, use xconf manually
- - fixed slax-install and heavily tested
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- 5.0.0
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- - added Linux kernel 2.6.11.6
- - based on Slackware-current and Linux Live 5 with UnionFS and SquashFS support
- - added ALSA sound drivers 1.0.9rc2
- - added KDE 3.4 with some configuration tweaks to be even nicer
- - added nodma boot option to disable DMA for CDROMs and disks
- - updated nvidia nforce drivers (network, sound)
- - added madwifi Wireless support!
- - added perl so ndiswrapper 1.1 should finaly work
- - mplayer upgraded to 1.0pre6a
- - default sound volume is 77% instead of 88%
- - cdrom is ejected before reboot (by using cdrecord)
- - wheelmouse boot option removed, wheel is used automatically in X
- - boot options mousedev, mouseproto, hrefresh, vrefresh, colordepth removed
- - added madWifi and linux-wlan-ng drivers for WIFI cards
- - removed tohd and fromhd boot options
- - copy2ram boot option forces cd eject automatically
- - removed nolock boot option, cd should be unlocked automatically when slax ends
- - removed hdc=ide-scsi boot option, works automatically with kernel 2.6
- - removed firewall option, firewall is started automatically and disables
- all incomming connections to ports other than 21 22 23 25 80 110
- - removed 845patch boot option
- - added webconfig boot option, to save/restore config on SLAX website!
- - added MySLAX creator to edit SLAX iso in Windows
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- 4.2.0
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- - added Linux kernel 2.4.28-pre4 with SATA support as modules
- - added some missing cheatcodes to cheatcodes.txt on the CD
- - added toram boot option, a synonym for copy2ram
- - added X.org 6.8.1
- - added KDE 3.3.1
- - added KOffice 1.3.3
- - added ndiswrapper 0.10 (allows using Windows drivers for wifi cards)
- - added sudo, guest can start gui by using it
- - added beep-media-player (xmms clone with very nice skin)
- - added user "guest" with password "guest". Please understand that guest
- is a non-root user so you can't start any software in SLAX which would
- need root priviledges. GUI can be started (sudo is used).
- - added "noguest" boot parameter to disable guest user during boot
- - added "norestore" boot parameter to disable autorestoring of saved config
- - added "home=" boot parameter to mount root's home from file or device
- - slax-install disables guest user account from SLAX installed to harddisk
- You will need to execute "usermod -U guest" as root to enable it back.
- - mouseproto boot option now affects GPM too.
- - fixed "slax gui" boot parameter. Only guisafe and guifast were working.
- - removed some KDE games, I'm sorry. kdemine won't be added.
- - removed juk audio player, it crashed all the time ...
- - stripped all unneeded symbols from KDE libraries to make KDE even smaller,
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- 4.1.4
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- - added Linux Kernel 2.4.28-pre2 with SATA support compiled in!
- - added KDE 3.3.0, see new KDEpim, it's amazing!
- - added KOffice 1.3.2, K3B 0.11.14
- - added rdesktop, KDE's krdc is using it
- - added cheatcodes.txt to CD's root directory
- - added mplayer 1.0-pre5, recompiled with alot of options
- - added guisafe and guifast boot options
- - kolourpaint is a standard part of KDE now
- - fixed autorun.inf
- - fixed xconf script (remove doubled refresh values)
- - modified gui.conf, default horizsync is now 30-64
- - dbdiff shows error message while restoring configuration from different SLAX version
- - fixed slax-install script
- - preserve package data in /var to allow removing packages after installing slax to disk
- - fixed loading SLAX by using loadlin (initrd size wasn't updated to 9999)
- - remove card decorations for Patience, this saves almost 2 MB!
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- 4.1.3
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- - added kernel 2.4.27-pre3
- - added /usr/bin/slax-install script, finaly working in textmode.
- I need some nice GUI for this, any contributors?
- - added "gui" boot option to skip textmode login and autostart Xwindow with KDE
- - added bind (nslookup, host, dig, named cache nameserver, etc)
- - firewall is disabled as default, it caused problems with browsing local LAN.
- use "slax firewall" boot option to enable it or "/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall start"
- - removed smb4k, konqueror can browse local LAN as well, you can doubleclick
- the Home icon on the desktop and choose Lan Browser.
- - removed cron hourly jobs (rmmod each hour, which were causing problems)
- - include /home directory in configsave/configrestore
- - added kolorpaint (mspaint alternative, standard part of KDE 3.3)
- - added flac, id3lib support, recompiled k3b and KDE
- - QT is now moved to opt.img, you can easily remove it with KDE at once
- - removed czech language support (visit www.slax.cz for Czech SLAX!)
- - added 4 very nice themes to FluxBox
- - kplayer configured to disable window resizing (when comming back from fullscreen)
- - start ldconfig and fc-cache if SLAX is installed to disk
- - proftpd replaced by vsftpd, it's smaller and easy to configure
- - XFree replaced by X.org
- - When X autoconfig fails, try to use VESA framebuffer (guisafe) automatically
- - Don't remove customization and docbook from KDElibs
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- 4.1.2
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- - based on Slackware-almost-current (with some exceptions)
- - fixed xconf, modified mouse order to assure that the first CoreDevice will work
- - fixed kplayer icon
- - fixed dbdiff (configsave) to skip mounted partitions (or samba shares)
- - fixed juk audio player - recompiled
- - fixed kde audio ripper - lame is used now for encode to mp3
- - added tohd, fromhd and hdsubdir boot options
- - added /etc/slax-version file
- - added /usr/bin/slax-install script, not finished, needs lilo config
- - added gpart (tool for guessing PC-type hard disk partitions)
- - network services are not started automatically at the boot
- - simple firewall is activated disallowing all incomming connections
- (this could be also done by "/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall start")
- - added "slax server" boot option to enable all network services,
- it also disables the firewall, allowing all incomming connections
- (could be also done by "/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall stop")
- - updated DOC_MULTILANG documentation
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- 4.1.2-pre1
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- - based on Slackware-current TODAY
- - don't remove X11 locales now
- - added DOC_MULTILANG, a documentation describing how to create
- a module for slax with your language
- - added ctorrent (bittorrent client written in c)
- - added lame mp3 encoder
- - added KDE 3.2.2 with QT 3.2.2 and KOffice 1.3.1
- - modified .inputrc to enable czech, russian, and all other keymaps in BASH
- - fixed russian (and probably some other) fonts in KDE
- - fixed create_bootdisk.sh script to make a bootable USB FlashDisk
- - fixed mouseproto, mousedev and wheelmouse boot options
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- 4.1.1
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- - fixed rc.alsa and alsaconf scripts
- - fixed booting problems (I hope, please report)
- - added Parted 1.6.9
- - upgraded netscape plugins to 7.1
- - modified xconf allowing several mice to work in paralel
- - added noapm boot parameter, APM is started automatically now
- - removed imageMagick, it was broken very often
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- 4.1.0
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- - added Kernel 2.4.26 with alsa 1.0.4
- - preserve some locale dirs in X11R6 (C, lib)
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- 4.0.8
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- - removed all version informations from text files except ./etc/issue
- - added smb4k (samba shares browser for KDE)
- - xfree: upgraded fontconfig, freetype and xft
- - ssh daemon is not started automatically, use "sh /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd start"
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- 4.0.7
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- - based on Linux Live scripts 4.0.7
- - recompiled kdemultimedia
- - fixed moduse script, added calling of "manual" module script if exists
- - third argument for dir2img is optional now, it defaults to "/"
- - added Kplayer 0.5-cvs
- - added xvid 1.0.0rc4
- - hopefully fixed some mouse detection problems
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- 4.0.5
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- - better font handling in KDE (rebuilded indexes by kfontinst)
- - forced to kill artsd imediately after logout from KDE to avoid hangups
- - added nc (netcat) package
- - added ALSA 1.0.4 final kernel modules
- - changed order of inserting modules (packs/*.tar.gz files are extracted first)
- - fixed eject boot parameter
- - fixed create_bootdisk.sh script (lilo doesn't store MBR backup now)
- - fixed memtest (finaly)
- - fixed ide-scsi modules loading
- - removed kghostview (use kpdf instead)
- - removed kview (use kuickshow instead)
- - removed noatun (use juk instead)
- - removed kaboodle (use kplayer instead)
- - czech international module released
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- 4.0.4
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- - now based on Linux Live scripts 4.0.4
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- - added Xfree 4.4.0
- - added KDE 3.2.1 (recompiled and stripped, I'm not using Slackware's KDE)
- - added floppy tools (to be able to work with floppies under KDE)
- - added K3B 0.11.9 with monkeyaudioplugin
- - /dev/cdrom symlink is automatically created now
- - added Smart Boot Manager floppy image (to FLOPPY/ directory on the CD)
- - added memtest boot option to start memtest
- - added 845patch for intel's i845G chipset - start SLAX with "load=845patch"
- boot option to be able to start Xwindow system on Dell Inspirons
- - removed lang= functionality and implemented load=... boot option to load all
- specified modules from /optional/ directory (eg. load=wine,xmms,lang_fr)
- - added wheelmouse boot option to force imps/2 mouse protocol for X
- - added mouseproto= boot option to force own protocol (mouseproto=imps/2 = wheelmouse)
- - added mousedev= boot option to specify /dev/mouse symlink. (eg. mouse=/dev/psaux)
- - default KDE audio player changed to juk (Jukebox, very nice)
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- - fixed smbmount (finaly!) by adding some IBM charset library
- - fixed ftp upload directory permissions
- - fixed moduse (and other script's) problem to locate liblinuxlive
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- - KDE window decoration changed to Plastik
- - added slax.ico file and autorun.inf for Windows OS
- - added some help messages to rc.M - about nohotplug, nopcmcia, etc.
- - initrd doesn't contain SCSI modules now, it was useless
- - disabled artsmessage about redirecting sound to /dev/null
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- - slaxbuild: delete_mess replaced by move_mess, files which have to go
- are not lost, but moved somewhere to /tmp
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- 4.0.1
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- - now based on 4.0.1 linux live scripts
- - added Kernel 2.4.25 with ovlfs and alsa 1.0.2c
- - added hotplug 05_01_2004
- - changed rc.alsa to modprobe oss emulation before adjusting volume
- - fixed kde arts - it uses Threaded OSS now, should fix alot of troubles in KDE
- - fixed samba, tested
- - rebuilded all fonts caches etc.
- - added DVD symlink
- - added boot parameter probeusb to enable booting from USB FlashDisk
- - floppy automounting only available with "floppy" boot parameter
- - added KDE 3.2 final hacked (and kmail patched)
- - added KOffice 1.3 final
- - added CUPS printing system
- - added script to copy&install SLAX to flashdisk (USB mastorage device) or hda (disk)
- (./bootfiles/create_bootdisk.sh)
- - added tools/moduse script to use module in Live filesystem on the fly (while running slax)!
- - added tools/modinsert script to insert downloaded modules to LiveCD ISO
- - added debugslax script
- - syslog is started before hotplug to avoid annoying messages
- - removed foreign languages for KDE
- - added SLAX splash screen
- - cursor theme changed to Crystal (from kdelook.org)
- - added new skin for mplayer
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- 3.0.25
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- - now based on 3.0.25 linux live scripts
- - ee starts kview
- - added floppy automounting
- - fixed dbdiff (configsave and configrestore)
- - added autorestoring configuration from flashdisk or floppy or disc partition
- - added kdepim (kmail etc)
- - added czech(cs), german (de), brazil (pt_BR), french (fr) KDE language support!
- - removed rdesktop, it's no longer needed with KDE's remote desktop connection
- - removed wine
- - fixed loadlin (dos) parameters, I didn't test it
- - modified HorizSync in X config file to get hopefully better display
- - suppressed hotplug error messages (printk)
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- 3.0.24
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- - SLAX is the new name for Slackware-Live!
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- - Now created by Linux Live scripts
- - Using KDE 3.2beta2!
- - Using KOffice 1.3beta2!
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- - removed quanta
- - configsave and configrestore doesn't work
- - added glut, libid3tag
- - added Linux kernel 2.4.23
- - removed printing and PDF/PS applications
- - sound volume is set to 88% automatically
- - rc.6 script modified, removed swap unmounting because of ovlfs
- - removed ldconfig and fonts-cache calls from rc.M
- - added monkeyd httpd server with the home in /root/public
- - fixed banana script calling (from /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd)
- - added gui script to autoconfigure Xwindow system
- - added apmd and acpid daemons
- - fixed apm - modprobe apm is not done when noapm kernel parameter is present
- - added nopcmcia kernel parameter
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- 2.9.0.22
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- removed bitchx, apache, php, mysql, bind
- fixed error message in auto-configrestore
- fixed configsave when overwriting file
- fixed proftpd scoreboard file
- configsave takes care about /dev too
- proftpd autoconfigured now, created world-writable directory /home/ftp/upload
- added new primary Wallpaper by JR
- added new kernel 2.4.22 with XFS support, precompiled from Slackware
- added cups
- added dvd+rw tools
- added alsa drivers and kernel modules
- added fluxbox 0.9.6pre1
- added mplayer 1.0pre1
- alot of other packages added
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- 2.9.0.21
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- added kernel 2.4.21 (doesn't run under vmware?)
- added isolinux.bin
- added mplayer 0.91
- added kopete 0.71
- added k3b 0.9
- added bootdisk.img.gz to /DOS directory - a bootdisk image
- adde apache, php, mysql, mutt, procmail
- added some help to isolinux/create_bootiso
- added KDE 3.1.3
- added new wallpaper :)
- apm support started atomatically
- dbdiff rewrited, should work better and faster than ever!
- initrd searches for dbdiff.tar.gz and tries to run it automatically
- fixed bug with /var/empty
- gpm is not automatically started, it caused some problems. If you need the mouse in commandline, then you sure know how to start it manually
- initrd uses 13 MB of RAM now
- win renamed to gui, winfast renamed to guifast
- removed bdiff (binary diff). It was slow
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- 2.9.0.20
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- added bdiff, dbdiff
- added xdos (dosemu+freedos suite)
- added samba client and smbmount, nfs utils, rdist, rsync, nmap, bitchX
- added joe, jove, jed editors, "most" filter
- added fluxbox 0.9.4 window manager!
- added raidtools, jfsutils, reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs, umsdos-progs, zoneinfo, ... a lot of other things
- added splash screen, to help with boot-parameters for kernel
- ability to install your own packages (in /usr/local)
- recompiled mplayer to gain better performance, but it seems won't help...
- mounting CDs - egrep replaced by grep -i, mounting all partitions first, then searching for IMGs
- (so added the possibility to copy the CD to harddisk)
- +Also you can use livecd_subdir=... kernel variable when .img files are copied to non-rootdir on hdd
- searching for CDs in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
- added espGhostScript, GimpPrint, any2ps, gnu-gs-fonts to show PDF files in kghostview
- added Kgraphics including PDF viewer, image editor, screenshot tool, and more
- created xpdf symlink to run kghostview as a PDF viewer
- created ee symlink to run kview as an image viewer
- all .cram files renamed to .img (so you can copy all files to DOS partition)
- initrd is back to 16 MB now, we are mounting tmpfs to /root
- removed netscape. Konqueror can use flash plugins so there is no need for NS anymore
- removed some KDE useless themes
- executables are compressed by upx packer
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- 2.9.0.16
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- added hotplug 2003_05_01
- some fixes in /etc
- bootprompt waits 3 seconds now (hold shift when booting)
- tagfiles (for Slackware installing) included (see devel scripts)
- /boot directory is no longer included as a CRAM image, it's not necessary
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- 2.9.0.15
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- ISO image fits to the 193MB CD-RW medium now!
- fixed boot problem on some machines (upgraded isolinux.bin)
- new mouse cursors for xWindow
- added KDE 3.1.2
- added Kopete 0.6.2 (a lot of bugs fixed)
- added flag for international keyboard support under KDE
- added possibility to run something automatically after booting (autoexec)
- added Quanta HTML and PHP wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editor
- ramdisk takes 22 MB now, to raise free ramdisk space
- mplayer recompiled for cpu-autodetecting
- removed some 75dpi international fonts
- removed emacs
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- 2.9.0.14:
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- added KOffice
- removed all *.h and *.c files
- added the possibility to pass kernel parameters during boot (hold Shift)
- fixed /var/lib/ directory to allow changing of keyboard layout
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- 2.9.0.13:
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- minor bugfixes with USB mouse detection
- added KDE 3.1.1, k3b (burning GUI for KDE)
- removed all development packages (/d directory, xfree86-devel)
- added netscape 7
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- 2.9.0.12:
- a lot of bugfixes with USB detection
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- 2.9.0.11:
- usb mouse support for console and X
- mplayer 0.90 final
- added packages: bison byacc flex
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- 2.9.0.10:
- some bugfixes
- login help change
- run dhcpcd AFTER loading modules for network card(s).
- loadlin for dos added to the CD tree
- slackware setup scripts (/var/log/setup) copyed now to initrd
- created script lynx to call links (for mc extension filter)
-