Slamd64 12.1 is released, containing major new features such as GCC 4.2.3,
SCIM, and greatly improved CJK support. Additionally, installation from FTP
and HTTP sources is now supported.

This release is mostly an incremental improvement over 12.0, including:

- Linux 2.6.24.5 (patched for CVE-2008-1375)
- GCC 4.2.3
- X11 7.3.0+
- Glibc 2.7
- Apache HTTPD 2.2.8, with SSL support and PHP 5.2.5
- Updated development tools
- KDE 3.5.9
- XFCE 4.4.2
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14
- Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
- Java (JRE and JDK) 6u6

Like previous releases of Slamd64, 12.1 provides seamless FHS-compliant
32-bit compatibility, via a multilib system (/lib for 32-bit libraries and
/lib64 for 64-bit libraries). This provides easier and increased support
for both existing 32-bit software (in most cases, you can just install a
package designed for Slackware with no special work needed), and for
64-bit binaries too (which require /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 to be present)
such as the NVidia drivers, without requiring compatability symlinks which
clutter the root directory and remove the separation of 32 and 64-bit binaries.

Additionally, nspluginwrapper is included in c/, allowing you to easily use
32-bit browser plugins (such as Adobe Flash) in the included 64-bit browsers,
such as Firefox and Konqueror.

I'd like to thank the following people for their assistance, both for
technical help, and motivation:
- Carlos Corbacho - done a lot of my work for me, and drastically reduced the
	amount of time it takes me to keep Slamd64 up to date
- Patrick Volkerding - Without Slackware, there wouldn't be a Slamd64
- Marc Carson, for the new logo
- The various people thanked in the Slamd64 and Slackware changelogs, and
	THANKS.txt
- Everyone who's helped with bug reports or support on the forums/IRC
- The residents of a variety of IRC channels (you know who you are)
- Distributions I have taken compatability patches from; especially Cross-LFS,
	Gentoo, and OpenSUSE
- The distributions that base their work upon Slamd64, especially those that
	give credit. This is a great compliment.

Additionally, I'd like to mention the following people who submitted logos
that were shortlisted, although ultimately not picked:

- Jeffrey Scherling
- Samir Piccolotto
- Geof Ritter
- "VT"