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Downloading it right now!
(Edit: Going kind of slow though and the torrent alternative isnt quite working for me )
The torrent seem to work good and also Slacky.eu is going to migrate on a better performance server!
This GSlacky version use "stb-admin" group for the admin-tools. The first GSlacky version with a working Gnome-system-tools.
Thank's again to Markus alias Darkvision, for the patch. And to my Slacky's friend Submax82 for redundant patch code clean.
Is there a setup for gnome that I can install just to my user account? That is, not system packages. I really just want the libraries so that I can run one program (gramps).
As everyone's raving about Gnome 2.20, I'd like to take a look at it. But before I download and install Gnome Slacky, I'd like to know how intrusive it is.
The project guidelines state:
Guidelines
1) The installation is non-intrusive meaning that it doesn't modify the
important core Slackware components.
2) The Gnome-Slacky cd is completely self-sufficient, comprehensive of all the
dependencies and of the original slackware packages replaced during the
installation. In this way they can be easily restored.
So it seems that there are some packages replaced, and the project considers itself still non-intrusive.
Is there a list of Slackware stock packages being replaced by Gnome Slacky packages?
And is it easy to get rid of GSlacky without leaving unwanted files in my system in case I don't like it?
Inside the Gslacky ISO (mount GSlacky2.20.0.iso /mnt/tmp -o loop)there is a Directory named package_Slackware_12.0 (inside the packages directory). In there you can find the packages that are replaced by the 2.20 installation.
I uninstalled the 2.20 GSlacky version with help of the option in the installation Menu, and then did an "upgrade --install-new --reinstall *.tgz" in the slackware_packages directory.. My box is running without any problems
I guess the only way of getting a 2.20 version of Gnome running on a Slackware system, is upgrading/replacing "some" packages due to dependencies.
I downgraded back to GSlacky 2.18 because i had problems with Opera and Flash animations, i googled my issue and the problem seemed to be the (new versions of) glib2 and gtk+2 libraries.
I consider GSlacky as a great GNOME solution, but I am thinking in trying out Dropline Gnome (once again), but mostly because they give support in english (My italian skills arent that good.. well my english isnt that good either, but what the heck! :P)
I guess the only way of getting a 2.20 version of Gnome running on a Slackware system, is upgrading/replacing "some" packages due to dependencies.
That doesn't strike me as particularly "intrusive." It guess it's a fine line between installing additional libraries to run a program and replacing libraries.
The only disadvantage I can see to replacing some libraries is that one wouldn't be able to download official Slackware patches for those libraries.
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