I have finally moved to #Slackware from #OpenBSD... Working out trying out using multiple users to compartmentalize information and data.

I'm not sure how I feel about being back in the days of building software from sources, but I enjoy the simplicity and I'm hoping security updates for the core packages are in a 'good' state.

I didn't really research much, but I used Slackware for 10 years, in a previous life, so I'm happy to be back home.

Installing #slackware on retired #gentoo laptop.

Latest #Slackware 15 update:

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
# rocs (graph theory IDE)

Say what?

https://apps.kde.org/rocs/

Slackware always has a new package up its sleeve! 😋

Done! #Slackware #linuxkernel #build :)

#linuxadmin #sysadmin #opensource

@pkw @jns @jasmaz @SDF @fstateaudio @rwxrwxrwx @jackdaniel

@userfxnet here's @kaixin 's phost on dinit devuan instead of systemd debian as requested:
https://gopher.tildeverse.org/sdf.org/0/users/jiangjun/phlog/20230904_dinit_as_init.txt
gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jiangjun/phlog/20230904_dinit_as_init.txt
https://www.devuan.org/

@pkw is dinit also popular for #slackware ?

I finally joined that cohort of people who install open-source software for personal usage on a VPS.

More fun than painful. The good part was that built it all on a #Slackware installation.

What’s next, folks? Activepub? Productivity tools? What’s trending? 🤣

Running many Linux/android/BSD different distributions(OS) is somehow burdensome since I have take care of them in terms of upgrade..

Currently i have #lineageos , #pmos , my own #slackware based one and #freebsd one as daily drivers. ;-(
They all have largely different upgrade ways...

@garpu good to hear. Let's wait for the new #Slackware package.

Dynebolic Tomb works pretty well on #slackware 15 I am surprised. ☠️

A very belated #introduction:

My name is Justin, of course. My first computer was an Apple IIe with an 80-column card that I learned BASIC on. These days I’m longtime Linux user ( #Slackware —> #Debian) and as of late have been dabbling in #FreeBSD and wrapping my head around #ZFS.

I’ve worked with C++, Python, Perl and JavaScript; currently learning #Golang — but am really passionate about a well-written, POSIX-compatible Bourne shell script.

And remember, folks:

"Real software engineers work from 9 to 5, because that is the way the job is described in the formal spec.

Working late would feel like using an undocumented external procedure."

I call this one: "Overtime considered Evil". 🤓

(And Upaid Overtime is extremely Evil)

Courtesy of today's #Slackware fortune. Of course.

Kompiliert hier eigentlich noch jemand den #Linux- #Kernel für den Arbeitsplatzrechner selbst? Früher mit #Slackware, später #SuSE war das tlw. nötig, um Treiber einzubauen, die nicht als Modul dabei waren. Und der Glaube war, dass der selbstgebaute Kernel schneller läuft. Auf meinem aktuellen #Debian (stable) wüsste ich noch nicht mal, wie ich das am besten mache, ohne den automatisierten Routinen bzgl. Grub und initramfs ins Gehege zu kommen.

Ok .. question for the #slackware #linux hive mind ... Why would my #vmware based VM not get past Loading Linux after LILO? I have GPT-based partition map and LILO in the MBR, but it's just not starting. What could I be missing?

Decided it was time for a throwback. I'm installing a #slackware #linux instance on #VMware. Been using Ubuntu lately, but still have a fondness for Slackware. Wanna see what's changed.

#Slackware #linux , so soulful

@toad

e, qualche mese fa, di #Slackware (si scherza, eh...)

@Uilebheist

Don't apologize, one of the reasons I started working on CIS for #slackware was to explore that kind of stuf!

CIS Linux Guide:

"The FAT filesystem format is used by UEFI systems for the EFI boot partition. Disabling the vfat module can prevent boot on UEFI systems."

Gee, thanks CIS, I would have never guessed.

Fortunately, that can be easily tested with:

$ grep -i .fat /etc/fstab
UUID=B492-2B28 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1

(Small progress on the CIS Guide for #Slackware )

There's not a lot of point to running #slackware current on WSL2... but then, there's not a lot of point to most other things in life 🙂

I know, I know, I know. But on my laptop I am running NixOS. Specifically that, I'm not a dev, flakes are either in the snow or in my joghurt. After a 1st try months ago I appreciate it more now; edited my conf file (added bluetooth, printing, firewall et al) and it is really very nice. But I ain't forgetting Slackware! That'll be the desktop. Weekend job I think. Feel inclined to start Thursday already 😎
#nixos #slackware