README for AlphaSlack Linux for the Alpha.

AlphaSlack for the Alpha is a complete distribution of the Linux operating
system for Alpha machines.  This version contains the 2.6.19.2 kernel,
plus the most recent versions of these (and other) software pacakges:

- Kernel		2.6.19.2
- Kernel modules        2.6.19.2
- Kernel headers	2.6.19.2
- PPP daemon            2.4.4
- C compiler            gcc-4.1.1
- Binutils              2.17.50.0.9
- C Library             glibc-2.3.6
- C++ Library           libstdc++.so.6.0.8
- Procps                3.2.7
- Gpm                   1.19.6
- SysVinit              2.84
- Shadow Password Suite shadow-4.0.18.1
- Util-linux            util-linux-2.12r
- X Window System       X.org 6.9.0

Mail here _pours_ in at high volume, but feel free to report any problems you
find. I can't promise a response but I *do* appreciate the help people offer
me in fixing problems.  Also, if you do write to me, please use include a
valid email address somewhere in the message itself.  You'd be surprised how
many people I can't write back to because the return address is mangled for 
some reason.  Some of these people are even writing to me in reference to 
mail-related problems... "Why is my return address on outgoing mail wrong?" :^)

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Please see the INSTALL file in the root of the distribution tree for 
detailed instructions for installing and configuring AlphaSlack Linux for
the Alpha.

Packages are named a bit differently than the packages in the Intel
version of Slackware.  The general format is:

   <program name>-<version>-<architechture>-<build number>

So the grep 2.5.1a package might have a name like this:

   grep-2.5.1a-alpha-1.tgz

- Mario Stabrey
  <mstabrey@alphaslack.de>