ROOT GNU/Linux 1.4b1

Version 1.4 (Pommes) of the GNU/Linux operating system ROOT has been released! ROOT is a complete GNU/Linux operating system with the latest GNU and Linux technology.
Release 1.4 includes lots of high quality software like GCC 3.4.3, Perl 5.8.6, WindowMaker 0.91.0, X.org 6.8.1, KDE 3.2.3, TeTeX 2.0.2 and Linux 2.4.18.
The 1.4 generation of ROOT contains many major changes from the previous release 1.3. This is a small list of new features or other changes:
The package system
ROOT now includes a much more advanced package system with many new features based on pkgutils from CRUX.
The system installer
The system installer has been updated. It fixes many bugs and is generally more stable.
Latest KDE
The latest stable KDE, version 3.3.2, is included. It is the best and most stable KDE release ever.
GNOME libraries
GNOME1 and GNOME2 libraries are included for compatibility with programs. However, the GNOME2 desktop is not included because its hard to maintain and takes up too much space on the CD.
Translations
All translations of programs has been removed.
New packages
The new version of ROOT contains a very large number of updated packages. For a full list, see the manual.
Main features:
- Kernel 2.4.28
- Init BSD-style
- X X.org 6.8.1
- GNOME 2.8.2 libraries
- KDE 3.3.2
- WindowMaker 0.91.0
- File Systems ext[2,3], reiserfs, jfs
- Office Suite KOffice
- Optimization i586
- Web Server Apache 2.0.52
- FTP Server PureFTPd 1.0.20
- Remote Login OpenSSH 3.9