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 2.6.10-rc3 kernel, 
plus the most recent versions of these (and other) software pacakges:

- Kernel modules         2.6.10-rc3
- PPP daemon             2.4.3
- C compiler             gcc-3.3.5
- Binutils               2.15.94.0.1
- C Library              glibc-2.3.2
- C++ Library            libstdc++.so.5.0.7
- Procps                 3.2.3
- Gpm                    1.19.6
- SysVinit               2.84
- Shadow Password Suite  shadow-4.0.6
- Util-linux             util-linux-2.12i
- X Window System        X.org 6.7.0

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 2.4.3 package might have a name like this:

   grep-2.4.3-alpha-1.tgz

- Mario Stabrey
  <masta@alphaslack.de>