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Absolute is a lightweight Slackware Linux derivative distribution that uses an Icewm, ROX-Filer window/file manager combination. It comes with Firefox, The GIMP, MPlayer, K3B, kTorrent, Gaim, Frostwire, Gftp, StarDict, Skype, and many other titles all set up and ready to run. Several utilities are included to ease configuration and management. It is compatible with all Slackware 11 packages and can be installed just like a Slackware disk, except that you cannot choose which packages to install or remove, as it just installs everything. License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes:
The kernel is now at version 2.6.24.3 (smp), compatible with Pentium MMX, preemptive. A modified pcmanfm replaces ROX-Filer as the default file manager, although ROX is still running the pinboard (background/icons) and is available for file browsing. Devtray is gone, and its functionality was taken over by pcmanfm for mountable volumes and ivman for playable media. Memory consumption is down. Wicd manages wired and wireless connections. Firefox is now at version 3.0b4. linHDD.py (the drive information and formatting utility) was updated. Over 90 packages were updated to keep up with Slackware-current and GCC version bump.

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