发行版Slackware Linux 13.0

         Slackware Linux的正式发布由Patrick Volkerding负责，这是一套先进的Linux操作系统，它为着易用性和高稳定性双重目标而设计。Slackware包含最新的流行软件，并按照传统提供简单易用性、灵活性和强大的功能，它将世界的精华呈现在你的面前。Linux是最早由Linux Torvalds于1991年发起的类似UNIX的操作系统，它得益于现在全世界数百万用户和开发人员所作出的贡献。Slackware Linux同时向新手和高级用户提供一套先进的系统，可装备使用在从桌面工作站到机房服务器的任何场合。可以按需使用各种web、ftp和email服务器，正如可以在各种流行的桌面环境中作出选择。大量的开发工具和编辑器、库文件被包纳进来，以方便那些希望开发或编译额外软件的用户们。

该版本主要包含以下更新：

完全重制了 X 包集
对桌面环境进行了升级，含 KDE 4.2.4 和 Xfce 4.6.1
新的具有更好压缩功能的 .txz 包格式
对开发系统、网络服务、库、以及应用程序进行了升级

        Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 13.0, a major update of the world's oldest surviving Linux distribution: "After one of the most intensive periods of development in Slackware's history, the long-awaited stable release of Slackware 13.0 is ready. This release brings with it many major changes since Slackware 12.2, including a completely reworked collection of X packages (a configuration file for X is no longer needed in most cases), major upgrades to the desktop environments (KDE 4.2.4 and Xfce 4.6.1), a new .txz package format with much better compression, and other upgrades all around -- to the development system, network services, libraries, and major applications like Firefox and Thunderbird. We think you'll agree that this version of Slackware was worth the wait. Also, this is the first release of Slackware with native support for the 64-bit x86_64 architecture!" See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download the installation DVD images via BitTorrent: slackware-13.0-install-dvd.iso (3,739MB), slackware64-13.0-install-dvd.iso (3,762MB).