Also, ftp.armedslack.org is incredibly slow so it's best to use one of the mirrors. If you can provide a fast mirror (10Mbits+ ideally), please email me and I'll give you the details of the master mirror rsync server.

29-Jan-2007

There are still a few things that needed to be fixed for the RiscPC, so there's no release for that. However, I have decided to freeze the current work and declare it ARMedslack v11.0 (it's basically Slackware-11.0+security errata). It's a very stable OS - I've been running it for about 4 years.

ftp.armedslack.org/armedslack/armedslack-11.0

I'm now upgrading to Slackware-current - gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5 - and will do what I can to do partial releases once things have settled down. A Iyonix Linux Kernel v2.6 port would also be great.. somebody?! ;-)

01-Oct-2006

Nearing an alpha release! I have to run through some test installs, make a RISC OS compatible CD image (ISO), check some packages work properly, and update documentation.

18-Jun-2006

I have setup a mailing list for ARMedslack: see the main sections above for details about how to subscribe.

07-Mar-2006

It seems that most of the feedback I am getting is from people who have better hardware and more funky devices than me! :-) I have started a list of compatible devices. Please email me with details if you are running ARMedslack on something more exotic than a RiscPC. Thanks!

02-Jan-2006

I have been working on the installer and have just successfully installed armedslack-current on my RiscPC. I'll finish porting it soon, but it's a good start to the new year :-)

14-Nov-2005

I've got one step further to working on the installer - almost there! I'm currently working on issues with the X.org package and ensuring that I'm shipping a decent and stable Kernel for the RiscPC.
Instructions for installing ARMedslack without an installer can be found here. You should be able to adapt these to install onto other devices (hand helds and so on).

29-Sep-2005

The installer is getting closer! Thanks to Jim Hawkins for patching Linux 2.6.13.1 to get initrd support working once more.

I am also working on using GRUB instead of LinLoader for booting from RISC OS. Thanks to Tim Baldwin for his RISC OS port of GRUB and his help in building and configuring it.

19-Sep-2005

armedslack-current is now up to date with the release of Slackware 10.2.
I have also upgraded the RiscPC boot loader's Kernel to Linux 2.6.13.1.

23-Aug-2005
KDE packages have been uploaded and I've started work on the installer!

14-Aug-2005
I have built the version 3.4 of the kde/ series. Here is a screenshot of it for those who enjoy such things :-) It's running inside VNC on my Iyonix. Once I've finished testing I will upload the new packages.

22-Jul-2005
I'm still working on it! :-) I've started work on the KDE build scripts and aim to get KDE built soon. I've also finally started looking at the initrd to see what needs to be done to ARMify it.
ftp.armedslack.org now has 4GB of RAM so it should be much more responsive than previously.

27-Mar-2005
I'm currently finishing off xap/, catching up with Slackware-current (the removal of gnome/ and the shuffling of some GNOME libraries into l/) and building glibc-2.3.4 with gcc 3.4.
Once that is done, I want to get a working Linux 2.6 Kernel for the RiscPC so that I can get started on the Slackware installer.

24-Feb-2005
I haven't been doing much work on ARMedslack recently due to other commitments, especially writing the presentation for FOSDEM, but once that is over I will once again be spending more time working on it. In particular I want to release a Linux 2.6 kernel for the RiscPC (my RiscPC is already running Linux 2.6 but it needs some more fixing and testing and I also need to make some changes to the Slackware scripts).

28-Dec-2004
It's the Christmas period and I've been busy building the xap/ package series, and working on the talk for FOSDEM 2005. ARMedslack is progressing nicely -- perhaps I'll start on the installer at some point ;-)

24-Dec-2004
Work is still continuing and updates from Slackware-current are being merged in.
ftp.armedslack.org is currently missing the armedslack-current tree due to a disk failure, but it'll return within the next day.

27-Nov-2004
X.org v6.8.1 packages are now available for the RiscPC! Thanks to Jim Hawkins for his help in making this happen.

03-Nov-2004
The n/ series is now complete! There are still a few packages missing from a/ such as pcmcia but these will be added once the Iyonix kernel is built. Work is now focusing on getting X11-6.8.2 working on the RiscPC.

25-Oct-2004
An Iyonix is now the main workhorse development machine for ARMedslack (replacing 2 and a half RiscPCs ;-) ). Yes, this means that ARMedslack works on the Iyonix! I have not provided any bootware nor kernel stuff as yet but there will be some in due course. However, despite using an Iyonix for the development work, I am still chiefly aiming ARMedslack at the StrongARM RiscPC. This means that for architecture-specific packages such as X, I am more focused on getting them working for the RiscPC before any other platform.

Also, Jim Hawkins is now devoting more time to the project, using his expertise to fix broken RiscPC device drivers, and continuing to fix other weird build problems.

The n/ series is almost complete; PHP is the only package remaining.

22-Oct-2004
The ARMedslack FTP and rsync service is now being hosted by Zen Internet on a 100Mbit pipe. Thanks to Dave@Zen!

08-Oct-2004
I'm now providing a changelog

18-Sep-2004
Built X packages but they aren't ready yet - I'm using them to build other packages that depend on X. Since it's been suggested by a small number of people, I may look at freedesktop.org rather than X.org. I don't have time to look at this at present though and it'd have to be as an 'extra' package because I don't want to stray away from Slackware unless absolutely necessary. Also, I've been informed that using FreeDesktop wouldn't make much if any difference on a RiscPC.
Currently building the ap/ series and keeping up to date with slackware-current

10-Jul-2004
I am currently working on getting X running on the RiscPC.
I'm currently struggling with building RPM-4.2.1 (of all things) and I'm rebuilding the n/ series natively.

I would like to guage the interest in this project. Please email me if you are interested.

01-Jul-2004
I have made available a work-in-progress ARMedslack tree so that those people who are interested can start using it. Please note that I am not providing a changelog at present but plan to do so once I have made a release.

You can access the ware using rsync or ftp.

There are plenty of documents in the tree - please read them.

13-Jun-2004
Apart from the x86-only and USB stuff, the a package series is complete. I'm currently working on the ap and l series.

30-May-2004
I have resolved the issue with gcc - there is now an ARMedslack gcc 3.4 package. OpenSSH 3.8.1p1 has become the first ever ARMedslack package to be built natively on the StrongARM RiscPC.

21-May-2004
The system is still under active development - I am tracking slackware-current. I intend on uploading the ARM .tgz packages to the FTP site as soon as I have written some semi-sensible instructions on how you may install ARMedslack onto a hard disk and have it booting on a RiscPC. I'm also working on a new build system (loosely based on Slackware's) to build packages both inside Scratchbox and natively.

04-March-2004
The system currently boots. It is still undergoing testing and active development.