Welcome to Slackware 10.2! Slackware 10.2 is a complete distribution of the Linux operating system. This version contains the 2.4.31 Linux kernel, plus recent versions of these (and many more) software packages: - C compiler gcc-3.3.6 and gcc-3.4.4 - Binutils 2.15.92.0.2 - GNU C Library glibc-2.3.5 - X Window System X11R6.8.2 from X.Org. - KDE 3.4.2 - Xfce 4.2.2 For installation instructions, see the file 'Slackware-HOWTO'. These are some of the important files and directories found on the Slackware FTP site: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/ If you're reading this on a CD-ROM, these directories will probably be split across several discs. . |-- BOOTING.TXT Tips for troubleshooting boot problems. |-- CHECKSUMS.md5 MD5 format file checksums. |-- COPYING The GNU Public License. |-- COPYRIGHT.TXT Slackware copyright and trademark information. |-- CRYPTO_NOTICE.TXT Legal information about encryption in Slackware. |-- ChangeLog.txt Log of system changes from Slackware 10.1 to 10.2. |-- FAQ.TXT Frequently asked questions and answers. |-- FILELIST.TXT List of files on the Slackware FTP site. |-- GPG-KEY The GnuPG key used to verify Slackware packages. |-- PACKAGES.TXT A detailed list of the core Slackware packages. |-- SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT Documentation for the Speakup speech synth software. |-- SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT How to install with Speakup speech synthesis. | |-- Slackware-HOWTO Instructions for installing Slackware from CD. | If you're new to Slackware, start with this. | |-- UPGRADE.TXT Instructions for upgrading from earlier versions. | |-- bootdisks/ Bootdisks for installing without a bootable CD-ROM or | | for starting a Linux system from floppy disk. See | | also the rootdisks/ directory below. | | | |-- RAWRITE.EXE The "RAWRITE" programs are used to write a floppy | |-- RAWRITE12.DOC image under DOS or Windows. Because there are a lot | |-- RAWRITE12.EXE of versions of DOS and Windows, there are several | |-- RAWRITENT.DOC versions of RAWRITE, and you may have to try a few | |-- RAWRITENT.EXE before finding one that works with your version of DOS | |-- RAWRITEXP.EXE or Windows. | | | |-- README.TXT Detailed descriptions of all the boot floppies. | | | |-- adaptec.s Adaptec bootdisk. | |-- ataraid.s Bootdisk with ATA (IDE) RAID support. | |-- bare.i Standard IDE/ATAPI bootdisk (default kernel). | |-- bareacpi.i IDE/ATAPI bootdisk with ACPI power support. | |-- ibmmca.s IBM PS/2 Microchannel bus bootdisk. | |-- jfs.s Bootdisk with IBM JFS support. | |-- lowmem.i Bootdisk for machines too low on RAM to boot bare.i. | | This is also the only kernel that supports a 386. | |-- old_cd.i Old non-SCSI non-IDE CD-ROM drive support bootdisk. | |-- pportide.i Parallel port IDE bootdisk. | |-- raid.s SCSI RAID bootdisk. | |-- scsi.s Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- scsi2.s Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- scsi3.s Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- speakup.s bare.i + Speakup speech support. Also AIC7xxx SCSI. | `-- xfs.s Bootdisk with support for SGI XFS and AIC7xxx SCSI. | |-- extra/ Extra packages for Slackware like: | | k3b-0.12.4a and k3b-i18n-0.12.4 (CD/DVD burning | | software), a collection of ham radio related | | packages, INN 2.4.2 (a USENET news server), | | grub-0.97 (an alternate boot loader), 3dfx Glide | | libraries, extra word lists for the aspell spell | | checker, mpg123-0.59r (an MP3 decoder), | | emacspeak-20.0 (speech support for the Emacs | | editor), xcdroast-0.98alpha15 (another CD burning | | program), libsafe-2.0.16 (a library to add | | additional security checks to C library functions), | | kfiresaver3d-0.6 (a KDE screensaver), brltty-3.6.1 | | (Braille terminal support), dip-3.3.7p (a | | communications program for using the SLIP protocol), | | jdk-1_5_0_04 (the Java(TM) Development Kit), | | slackpkg-1.5.2 (a program to help keep your | | Slackware system updated), emu-tools-0.9.4 (tools | | for using Creative sound hardware), | | bash-completion-20050721 (adds additional command | | completion features to the bash shell), | | bittornado-0.3.12 and bittorrent-4.1.3 (programs | | for using the popular BitTorrent file sharing | | system), checkinstall-1.5.3 (a tool to help build | | Slackware packages), btmgr-3.7_1 (a boot manager | | program that can help boot a CD on machines that | | aren't able to do that directly), parted-1.6.22 | | (an advanced disk-partitioning tool), | | slacktrack-1.26 (a tool to make Slackware packages | | by tracking installation from source code), | | linux-wlan-ng (additional wireless drivers), | | openmotif-2.2.2 (a graphical toolkit), | | blackbox-0.70.0 (a newer version of the blackbox | | window manager), and bison-1.875d (an alternate | | version of the GNU bison parser generator). | | | `-- source/ Source code for the extra packages. | |-- isolinux/ The ISOLINUX loader and initrd.img used to install | | Slackware from a CD-ROM. You'll also find the | | PCMCIA and network images (these can be loaded | | from the installation CD-ROM), and a README.TXT | | describing how to create a Slackware installation | | ISO image and burn it to CD-R. | | | |-- README.TXT How to burn a Bootable Slackware CD-ROM. | |-- initrd.img Installation initrd (can also be loaded with Loadlin) | |-- network.dsk Image containing network modules. | `-- pcmcia.dsk Image containing PCMCIA modules. | |-- kernels/ Many precompiled Linux 2.4.31 kernel images. | | | |-- adaptec.s/ Adaptec kernel. | |-- ataraid.s/ Kernel with ATA (IDE) RAID support. | |-- bare.i/ Standard IDE kernel. | |-- bareacpi.i IDE/ATAPI kernel with ACPI power support. | |-- ibmmca.s/ IBM Microchannel kernel. | |-- jfs.s/ IBM Journaled Filesystem +aic7xxx SCSI kernel. | |-- loadlin16c.txt Loadlin README file. | |-- loadlin16c.zip Loadlin boot loader (used to boot Linux from DOS) | |-- lowmem.i/ Kernel that uses very little memory. | |-- old_cd.i/ Old non-SCSI non-IDE CD-ROM support kernel. | |-- pportide.i/ Parallel port IDE kernel. | |-- raid.s/ SCSI RAID kernel. | |-- scsi.s/ Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- scsi2.s/ Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- scsi3.s/ Supports some SCSI cards (see bootdisks/README.TXT). | |-- speakup.s/ bare.i + Speakup speech support. Also AIC7xxx SCSI. | |-- test26.s/ A "test kernel": 2.6.13 with support for nearly all | | filesystems, SCSI controllers, and SATA. This may | | be useful for getting Slackware installed on some | | hardware that's not supported by the 2.4.31 kernel. | | If you do decide to use this, you may want to then | | go to ftp.kernel.org and grab the latest 2.6 kernel, | | as the 2.6 kernel series is under heavy development. | | At the very least you'll want to install the | | kernel modules packages (alsa-driver and | | kernel-modules) found in: | | testing/packages/linux-2.6.13/. | |-- xfs.s/ Bootdisk with support for SGI XFS and AIC7xxx SCSI. | `-- zipslack.s/ Kernel with Iomega and other SCSI support. | |-- pasture/ These are packages that have been removed | from Slackware, but are useful enough to | keep around. Might not be secure. | | Packages currently found here include apsfilter-7.2.5 | (not usually used with CUPS), LPRng-3.8.28, | ifhp-3.5.18, the old XFree86 3.3.6 servers, db1-1.85, | db2-2.4.14, db4-4.1.25, devfsd-1.3.25, | fvwm95-2.0.43ba, gnu-pop3d-0.9.8, ipchains-1.3.10, | links-0.98, modutils-2.4.25, pop3d-1.020i, | pcnfsd-93.02.16, and wu-ftpd-2.6.2. | |-- rootdisks/ Slackware installation and rescue floppy images. | | | |-- RAWRITE.EXE The "RAWRITE" programs are used to write a floppy | |-- RAWRITE12.DOC image under DOS or Windows. | |-- RAWRITE12.EXE | |-- RAWRITENT.DOC | |-- RAWRITENT.EXE | |-- RAWRITEXP.EXE | | | |-- README.TXT This README.TXT file explains the various choices. | |-- install.1 install.1 and install.2 are the install floppy images. | |-- install.2 If you will be starting the install using a boot | | floppy, then you will need to load both of these. | | | |-- install.zip install.zip is a version of the installer that | |-- install.zip.README runs from a DOS partition. See the README. | | | |-- network.dsk This is used also with install.1 and install.2 | |-- network.dsk.README to do installation from an NFS server. | | | |-- pcmcia.dsk This is used to activate PCMCIA devices (laptop | |-- pcmcia.dsk.README cards) needed during installation. | | | |-- rescue.dsk A simple rescue floppy you can load with a | |-- rescue.dsk.README bootdisk. | | | `-- sbootmgr.dsk A small image containing a simple boot manager. | In some cases this can be used to boot a CD in a | machine that otherwise couldn't support it. | |-- slackware/ This directory contains the core software packages | | for Slackware 10.2. | | | |-- a/ The A (base) package series. | |-- ap/ The AP (applications) package series. | |-- d/ The D (development) package series. | |-- e/ The E (GNU Emacs) package series. | |-- f/ The F (FAQ/Documentation) package series. | |-- k/ The K (kernel source) package series. | |-- kde/ The KDE package series. | |-- kdei/ The KDE internationalization package series. | |-- l/ The L (libraries) package series. | |-- n/ The N (networking) package series. | |-- t/ The T (TeX) package series. | |-- tcl/ The TCL (Tcl/Tk and related) package series. | |-- x/ The X (X Window System) package series. | |-- xap/ The XAP (X applications) package series. | `-- y/ The Y (BSD games) package series. | |-- source/ This directory contains source code for the core | | software packages in Slackware. | | | |-- a/ Source for the A (base) series. | |-- ap/ Source for the AP (applications) series. | |-- d/ Source for the D (development) series. | |-- e/ Source for the E (GNU Emacs) series. | |-- f/ slack-desc files for the F (FAQ) series. | |-- k/ Source for the K (kernel source) series. | |-- kde/ Source for the KDE series. | |-- kdei/ Source for the KDEI series. | |-- l/ Source for the L (libraries) series. | |-- n/ Source for the N (networking) series. | |-- rootdisks/ Source for utilities on the rootdisks. | |-- t/ Source for the T (TeX) series. | |-- tcl/ Source for the TCL (Tcl/Tk and related) series. | |-- x/ Source for the X (X Window System) series. | |-- xap/ Source for the XAP (X applications) series. | `-- y/ Source for the Y (BSD games) series. | `-- zipslack/ This is ZipSlack, a small (under 100MB) Slackware | system packaged as a Zip file. Installation | is as simple as unzipping zipslack.zip on a FAT or | FAT32 partition, or Zip disk. It does not come | with X, but is otherwise fairly complete, including | many networking tools. The package management tools | allow you to add as much extra software as you need | (such as X) once you boot the system. For more | information, see the README.1st file. | |-- ChangeLog.txt Changes to ZipSlack. |-- FAQ.TXT ZipSlack FAQ. | |-- RAWRITE.EXE The "RAWRITE" programs are used to write a floppy |-- RAWRITE12.DOC image under DOS or Windows. |-- RAWRITE12.EXE |-- RAWRITENT.DOC |-- RAWRITENT.EXE |-- RAWRITEXP.EXE | |-- README.1st ZipSlack README and installation instructions. |-- README.ppa Information about parallel port Zip drives. |-- bootdisk.img A bootdisk you can use to boot ZipSlack. |-- fourmeg.txt README for the 8MB swapfile package for ZipSlack. |-- fourmeg.zip An 8MB swapfile useful on machines with low RAM. |-- split/ ZipSlack split into floppy-sized chunks. `-- zipslack.zip ZipSlack as a single Zip archive. If you like Slackware, please consider supporting the project by becoming a Slackware subscriber. The announcement (ANNOUNCE_10.2) in this directory has information about subscribing to the Slackware CD-ROM releases, or you can read about it (and check out other Slackware products) by visiting the Slackware store: http://store.slackware.com Enjoy! Patrick Volkerding volkerdi@slackware.com