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glibc also has excellent compatibility with existing binaries.

- X11 based on the X.Org Foundation's modular X Window System. There's beenmuch activity in the X development world, and the improvements in terms of

performance and hardware support are too numerous to mention them all here.

- Installs gcc-4.3.3 as the default C, C++, Objective-C,

Fortran-77/95, and Ada 95 compiler.

- Support for fully encrypted network connections with OpenSSL, OpenSSH,OpenVPN, and GnuPG.

- Apache (httpd) 2.2.13 web server with Dynamic Shared Object support, SSL, andPHP 5.2.10.

- PCMCIA, CardBus, USB, IEE1394 (FireWire) and ACPI support. This makesSlackware a great operating system for your laptop.

- The udev dynamic device management system for Linux 2.6.x. This locates andconfigures most hardware automatically as it is added (or removed) from the system,and creates the access nodes in /dev. It also loads the kernel modules required bysound cards and other hardware at boot time.

- New development tools, including Perl 5.10.0, Python 2.6.2, Ruby 1.8.7-p174,Subversion 1.6.4, git-1.6.4, mercurial-1.2.1, graphical tools like Qt designer andKDevelop, and much more.

- Updated versions of the Slackware package management tools make it easy to add,remove, upgrade, and make your own Slackware packages. Package tracking makes iteasy to upgrade from Slackware 12.2 to Slackware 13.0 (seeCHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT). The slackpkg tool can also help update from anolder version of Slackware to a newer one, and keep your Slackware system up todate. In addition, the slacktrack utility (in extra/) will help you build and maintainyour own packages.

- Web browsers galore! Includes KDE's Konqueror 4.2.4, SeaMonkey 1.1.17 (this isthe replacement for the Mozilla Suite), and the immensely popular Firefox 3.5.2, aswell as the Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 email and news client with advanced junk mailfiltering.

- The complete K Desktop Environment (KDE) version 4.2.4, including the KOffice productivity suite, networking tools, GUI development with KDevelop, multimediatools (including the amazing Amarok music player and K3B disc burning software),the Konqueror web browser and file manager, dozens of games and utilities,international language support, and more.

- A collection of GTK+ based applications including pidgin-2.5.9, gimp-2.6.6,gkrellm-2.3.2, gxine-0.5.903, xchat-2.8.6, xsane-0.996, and pan-0.133.

- A repository of extra software packages compiled and ready to run. This includes the

Java(TM) 2 Software Development Kit Standard Edition, an MPlayer browser plugin,alternate Intel video drivers for X, and more (see the /extra directory).

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