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Release Notes
ROOT GNU/Linux v1.3 (Noodle)
Version 1.3 of the Linux distribution 'ROOT' has been released. ROOT is
a complete GNU/Linux operating system with the latest GNU & Linux
technology.
ROOT 1.3 is a big upgrade from the 1.2 version. Some new features
include:
- Improvements to the installer. The installer now runs directly from
the CD. If your computer doesn't support auto-booting from CD's, you
only need one floppy disk to boot it.
- GCC 3.2. All packages has been recompiled using GCC 3.2, which is a
stable compiler that produces faster binaries than 2.95.x.
- GNOME 2.0. The new GNOME version is included. GTK+ 1.2.x and some
GNOME 1.4 libs are included for backward compatibility.
- KDE 3.0. The new KDE 3 is included (version 3.0.3). It's far more
stable than any KDE2 version.
- Devfs. The /dev filesystem is used by default. It is a modern
replacement for the old /dev file structure. It is fast and only creates
devices that acually exists on the system.
- PAM included. The 'Pluggable Authentication Module' has been added
to the distribution. PAM features very flexible functions for
authentication programs.
- Getty. The default getty program 'agetty' has been replaced with
'mingetty', which is smaller and faster.
- Pureftpd. The default (and only included) FTP daemon is now
pureftpd, a stable, secure and fast server.
- Non-free programs removed. Non-free programs like Netscape has been
removed. Pico has been replaced with the GPL'ed 'nano'. Some non-free
programs can be found in a 'nonfree' folder on the CD.
ROOT 1.3 contains the latest stable versions of many free programs and
utilities.
ROOT can be downloaded from here:
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/rootlinux/
http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/rootlinux/
- or from one of the mirrors (see
http://rootlinux.org/download.html)
Have fun!
/ kohn,
The ROOT GNU/Linux system: Copyright © 2000-2018 John Eriksson
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