Marcus Moeller has announced the release of easys GNU/Linux 4.2, a Slackware-based desktop distribution with graphical system configuration and package management tools: "We are pleased to announce the release of easys GNU/Linux 4.2 which ships the latest KDE desktop (version 4.1.1) and makes use of Qt 4.x. Qt 3 and KDE 3 applications can still be launched with a compatibility library. The previous office suite, SoftMaker Office, has been replaced by KOffice which offers enhancements and new functionality like a presentation program. The current version (3.0.1) of the Firefox web browser is included. In addition, we have updated other applications, like the ALICE system management framework to 0.9.17 and the installation environment YaLI. easys GNU/Linux is fully compatible with Slackware 12.1 and can be extended using the graphical 'pkgmanager' or the well-known 'pkgtools'."

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