Slackware

Welcome to my page regarding Slackware Linux.

On this page, Iwill provide a simple index to all my related and gathered tidbits of Slackware Linux wisdom ;) (No it’s not that much really)

Index to slackware related articles (by me):

• Slackware Linux Update & Rsync Program (slurpy)
• Slackware 11.0 Install disk layout
• Case of the Ghost Users
• Howto set up the srln newsreader on slackware
• Misc and Random Slackware Q&A
• Using pkgsrc on Slackware (and why it’s really bad to do so)
• Doing it the right way: Howto Upgrade to Slackware-current

Index to other bits and pieces of slackware information (not by me)

• [Slackware Changelog]: Announcement that (and why) Gnome was dropped.
• [rworkman]: How to recover from a botched -current upgrade
• [rworkman]:On the use of kernel-headers (and why to use the default kernel headers (and not the headers of whatever ${kernelflavourofthemonth}
• [David Filmer]: How to make CPAN ignore LWP and NET::FTP and just use wget (or curl) nicely
• [Dominian]: Howto build a mailserver with postfix/mailscanner
• [##Slackware/misc]: How to stop X /Xorg listening on port 6000
• [rworkman/slackbuilds.org/misc]: How to install / setup / get OpenOffice.org on Slackware

Index to Slackware Linux Important Links:

• Slackware.com
• SlackBuilds.org
  • pdfversion of “the good book”
  • ONLY use this link if the site is down (local copy)!
• SlackWiki.org
• LinuxQuestions – Slackware forum
• SlackBook
• Wikipedia – Slackware
• Changes between Slackware 10.2 and Slackware 11.0
• How to upgrade your Slackware

Important ChangeLogs:

• Slackware-current ChangeLog
• Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog
• Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog
• SlackBuilds.org ChangeLog