Absolute Linux is a lightweight modification of Slackware. Makes configuration and maintenance much easier, has common applications installed and configured. Plays audio CDs, DVDs and movies "out of the box", easy to configure and simple to use.

Uses icewm/rox-filer for window/file managers. Has backup of fluxbox/fox pathfinder.

Installer is same setup as Slackware, with a couple changes. Automatically installs all packages that weight in at 1.7Gb when complete.

See at http://www.pcbypaul.com/absolute/index.html for details.

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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Use of HAL has been dropped for newer consolekit/udisks as well as lxde's newer version of pcmanfm.
· Code changes for the Absolute customizations in libfm and pcmanfm are included in /usr/doc for each package.
· Devmon replaces halevt to handle DVD and audio CDs. You'll notice edits to .initrc, .bashrc .bash_logout as well as the startup file for icewm reflecting the changes.