PACKAGES.TXT; Wed Jul 23 21:50:42 UTC 2008 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./patches/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 86 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 262 MB PACKAGE NAME: bind-9.4.2_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1936 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5510 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: bind: bind (DNS server and utilities) bind: bind: The named daemon and support utilities such as dig, host, and bind: nslookup. Sample configuration files for running a simple caching bind: nameserver are included. Documentation for advanced name server bind: setup can be found in /usr/doc/bind-9.x.x/. bind: PACKAGE NAME: dnsmasq-2.45-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 233 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 540 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: dnsmasq: dnsmasq (small DNS and DHCP server) dnsmasq: dnsmasq: Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP dnsmasq: server. It is designed to provide DNS (and optionally DHCP) to a dnsmasq: small network, and can serve the names of local machines which are not dnsmasq: in the global DNS. dnsmasq: dnsmasq: Dnsmasq was written by Simon Kelley. dnsmasq: PACKAGE NAME: gnutls-2.2.5-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1541 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3140 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gnutls: gnutls (GNU TLS library) gnutls: gnutls: This is a TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0 and SSL (Secure Sockets gnutls: Layer) 3.0 implementation. In brief, GnuTLS can be described as a gnutls: library which offers an API to access secure communication protocols. gnutls: These protocols provide privacy over insecure lines, and were designed gnutls: to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. gnutls: gnutls: Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ gnutls: PACKAGE NAME: mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-3.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 826 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 880 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mkinitrd: mkinitrd (make an initial ramdisk) mkinitrd: mkinitrd: mkinitrd is a script to create an initial ramdisk that is loaded at mkinitrd: the same time as the kernel. The initial ramdisk may be responsible mkinitrd: for loading kernel modules (such a filesystem or SCSI controller mkinitrd: module) that are needed to mount the root filesystem. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: The "initrd" is implemented as an initramfs. See the kernel mkinitrd: documentation for more information on this, if you are interested. mkinitrd: PACKAGE NAME: mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 9521 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 24690 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox (Mozilla Firefox Web browser) mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox: This project is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component written mozilla-firefox: using the XUL user interface language. Firefox empowers you to mozilla-firefox: browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other mozilla-firefox: browser. mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox: Visit the Mozilla Firefox project online: mozilla-firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ mozilla-firefox: PACKAGE NAME: mozilla-thunderbird-2.0.0.14-i686-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 11224 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30660 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird (Mozilla Thunderbird mail application) mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird: Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component mozilla-thunderbird: written using the XUL user interface language. Thunderbird makes mozilla-thunderbird: emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the mozilla-thunderbird: industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam mozilla-thunderbird: filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more. mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird: Visit the Mozilla Thunderbird project online: mozilla-thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ mozilla-thunderbird: PACKAGE NAME: php-5.2.6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7686 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 21230 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: php: php (HTML-embedded scripting language) php: php: PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. It shares syntax php: characteristics with C, Java, and Perl. The primary objective behind php: this language is to make a fast and easy-to-use scripting language php: for dynamic web sites. php: php: More information can be found online at http://www.php.net/ php: PACKAGE NAME: pidgin-2.4.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 10074 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 27850 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pidgin: pidgin (GTK+ instant messaging program) pidgin: pidgin: Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging pidgin: protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN pidgin: Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These protocols pidgin: are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a pidgin: protocol, just load the plugin for it. pidgin: pidgin: For more info, see: http://www.pidgin.im pidgin: PACKAGE NAME: rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 123 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 380 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: rdesktop: rdesktop (Remote Desktop Protocol client) rdesktop: rdesktop: rdesktop is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a rdesktop: number of Microsoft products including Windows NT Terminal Server, rdesktop: Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server. rdesktop: rdesktop: For more information, see: http://www.rdesktop.org rdesktop: PACKAGE NAME: ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3099 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 20150 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ruby: ruby (Interpreted object-oriented scripting language) ruby: ruby: Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy ruby: object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text ruby: files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, ruby: straight-forward, and extensible. ruby: ruby: Visit the Ruby project online at http://www.ruby-lang.org/ ruby: PACKAGE NAME: samba-3.0.30-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 19958 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 49700 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: samba: samba (SMB file and print server) samba: samba: Samba is an SMB file and print server for SMB and CIFS clients. It samba: allows you to make file space or printers on a Samba host available to samba: any PCs running SMB clients (such as PCs running Windows). samba: samba: If you have any SMB servers (such as Windows NT/2K Server), you may be samba: able to replace them by or supplement them with Samba. One of Samba's samba: big strengths is integration, so you can use it to tie together your samba: Linux hosts and Windows PC clients. samba: PACKAGE NAME: seamonkey-1.1.11-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16648 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 67910 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: seamonkey: SeaMonkey (an open-source web browser suite) seamonkey: seamonkey: The SeaMonkey browser suite. SeaMonkey features a state-of-the-art seamonkey: web browser and powerful email client, as well as a WYSIWYG web page seamonkey: composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client. For web developers, seamonkey: mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are seamonkey: included as well. seamonkey: seamonkey: Visit the SeaMonkey project at this URL: seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ seamonkey: PACKAGE NAME: slackpkg-2.70.4-noarch-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 43 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 160 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: slackpkg: slackpkg slackpkg: slackpkg: Slackpkg is a package manager for Slackware. It can download, slackpkg: upgrade, install and remove selected packages. With it, you slackpkg: can search in the Slackware Package database and find which slackpkg: package has the selected file. slackpkg: slackpkg: Slackpkg DOESN'T replace pkgtool. Actually, Slackpkg uses pkgtool slackpkg: for all install|upgrade|remove functions. slackpkg: PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3287 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 9520 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server: xorg-server (The Xorg server, the core of the X Window System) xorg-server: xorg-server: Xorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX xorg-server: and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now xorg-server: runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms. This work was xorg-server: derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's XFree86 xorg-server: 4.4rc2 release. The XFree86 release was originally derived from X386 xorg-server: 1.2 by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics xorg-server: Consulting Service. xorg-server: xorg-server: The home page for the X project is: http://www.x.org PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1308 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3380 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server-xnest: xorg-server-xnest (a nested X server) xorg-server-xnest: xorg-server-xnest: Xnest is an experimental nested server for X that acts as both a xorg-server-xnest: client and a server. Xnest is a client of the real server which xorg-server-xnest: manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf. Xnest is a xorg-server-xnest: server to its own clients. Xnest manages windows and graphics xorg-server-xnest: requests on their behalf. To these clients Xnest appears to be a xorg-server-xnest: conventional server. xorg-server-xnest: PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1410 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3580 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server-xvfb: xorg-server-xvfb (virtual framebuffer X server) xorg-server-xvfb: xorg-server-xvfb: Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware xorg-server-xvfb: and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using xorg-server-xvfb: virtual memory. The primary use of this server is intended to be xorg-server-xvfb: server testing. The mfb or cfb code for any depth can be exercised xorg-server-xvfb: with this server without the need for real hardware that supports the xorg-server-xvfb: desired depths. A secondary use is testing clients against unusual xorg-server-xvfb: depths and screen configurations. xorg-server-xvfb: