Tag: slackware
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Slackware 14.1: an interview
I’ve been quite slack ( yip queue the puns ) on reviewing Slackware 14.1 but time has been short and to tell you the truth, after upgrading, there’s not a whole lot different from an existing user’s point of view ( except for that usual Slackware “it just works” air of operation ). That being…
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Slackware 14.0: An Interview
Wow, Slackware 14.0 is finally here! To say this has been a huge upgrade cycle is putting it mildly. Nearly a year and a half I think? And 5 release candidates. That’s not of course to say there’s anything wrong with that – 13.37 has been serving us just fine since April last year. A…
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Slackware -current May 2012
For anyone having some weirdness in X/KDE after updating to the latest current ~ May, there are some extras you need to do. First for the latest release of Xorg, some packages have been split and as such, you will have new packages that have probably not been installed. Go through recent entries in Changelog…
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Slackware 13.37: an interview
I woke up this morning to find a very nice email in my inbox – Slackware 13.37 has been released! So continuing on from previous articles in my interview series, it’s time to take a look at Slackware 13.37. One thing is for sure about the development process – Pat has been having some fun.…
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The Slackware 13.1 Interview
Slackware releases are like a big shiny new birthday present for me ( in fact mine’s just around the corner, hint hint ) even though I follow -current mostly. It means that the distro is at a point where new packages have been added, others upgraded and bugs worked out. And Patrick, and the rest…
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Slackware64 Multilib and GSB
I’ve had a few queries on setting up Slackware64 Multilib as well as GSB with -current. It’s not difficult at all but just requires one to follow a strict set of steps. Multilib Eric Hameleers ( Alien ) has the definite write-up on Multilib on his site however I’ll provide a short synopsis here for…
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Slackware current issues
I’ve been running Slackware-current ( the development version of Slackware ) for probably close to 5 years now. For the most part, it’s a pretty uneventful stream of upgrades however, every once in a while things get interesting. The March 1 update is massive, has taken a month to release and includes around 465 updated…
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Adventures in Linux distro land
The number of articles lately concerning the overwhelming amount of Linux distributions available is quite interesting; why now? Perhaps because Linux on the desktop is becoming a little more mainstream. Or perhaps because of the miriad number of embedded devices that use Linux ( think home automation, signage boards, NAS storage, netbooks, phones, radios, media…
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Tweetdeck on Slackware64 13.0
I recently came across this application ( thanks Nic ) so only natural that I try it out ( especially as I have an issue with the plasma twitter widget in KDE 4.2.4 ). Couple of issues though: requires Adobe AIR only 32-bit packaged only for deb and rpm I did some searching and with…
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The Slackware 13.0 Interview
It’s been a while since my last ‘Interview’ with Slackware and we’ve just had the new 13.0 release ( 26th August ), so time to brush up on Slackware as one of the premier distributions in the Linux landscape. I wasn’t quite sure where to start with this article as all the goodness of previous…
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The Slackware 12.2 interview
Slackware, in my mind, has never been a Linux distribution for novices who aren’t interested in learning about the whole Linux ecosystem. Note that’s not a criticism, just a comment. And in that comment lies the issue with a lot of the Slackware articles that have appeared over the years. Many of them appear to…