Ladies and gentlemen, folks, fellow slackers,

We are going to begin a new project (tentatively and very modestly
called "The Slack World"). The main aim of the project is to fill
a few gaps that we see in covering Slackware-related information by
other resources.

The project is geared towards both Slackware veterans and novices.
Currently, we think about covering the following main topics/sections:

* Feature pieces (aka Slackopaedia), i.e., articles written by experienced
users for experienced users and newbies and covering subjects that are
not widely known but useful (gnupg, apache, sendmail, mysql, backup scripts,
etc.) This is to be a sort of mini-HOWTO section and may cover things
included with Slackware or things not included with Slackware.

* Brief reviews of the changes in -current tree (aka Slack News).

* The most insightful and information things mentioned in AOLS or
##slackware or #slackware or elsewhere (aka Slack Wisdom).

* Information about new or existing third party tools developed around
Slackware, including distributions based on Slack.

* Possibly, other topics related to Slackware and Linux in general
(e.g., links to articles that may be of general interest).

We intend to implement the project as a monthly newsletter backed by
a no-frills website.

We would very much like to hear your opinions, ideas, suggestions.
We also invite volunteers to join the project. Last but not least, we
would very much like to receive your articles, tips, links, etc. as soon
as the project is up and you like it. :-)

Best regards,

Alan Hicks (http://slackbook.lizella.net) and Mikhail Zotov
(http://slackfire.narod.ru)