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--- features [2005-01-24 21:32] – more advertising patrys
+++ features [2008-08-03 15:35] (current) – typo grizz
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   * Gnome
-  * KDE
+  * KDE3 and KDE4
   * Xfce
-(FIXME: make sure the list is complete)
+  * Window''''Maker
+  * blackbox
+  * fluxbox
 ===== Servers =====
+  * HTTP: Apache 1.3/2.x, Lighttpd, Nginx
+  * FTP: Pro''''Ftpd, vsftpd, pure-ftpd
+  * SMTP: Exim, Postfix, Sendmail
+  * POP3/IMAP: Courier, tpop3d, dovecot
+  * databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebird
+  * DNS: Bind, PowerDNS
+  * Jabber/XMPP: jabberd, ejabberd
+and much more...
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 ==== Micropackages ====
-In PLD big projects like Apache, PHP or Perl are split into several micropackages. While this may seem confusing at first, micropackages let you pick only the components you really need, saving you download time and configuration of things you will never use.
+In PLD big projects like Apache, PHP or Perl are split into several micropackages. While this may seem confusing at first, micropackages let you pick only the components you really need, saving you download time and configuration of things you will never use. Sometimes PLD is called "Slackware with RPMs".
-==== Ready for work ====
+==== Ready for work (for geeks) ====
-Noone likes spending hours configuring the same thing over and over on several machines. That's why PLD packages work out-of-the-box. If possible, each package is provided with a working configuration. Just install and use.
+Noone likes spending hours configuring the same thing over and over on several machines. That's why PLD packages work out-of-the-box. If possible, each package is provided with a working configuration. Just install and use, but you must remember that PLD doesn't provide lot of magical configuration tools. You must love command line terminal.