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06-08-2011, 11:34 AM
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As many people pointed out, I would enjoy having NetworkManager on the Slackware tree as well, but I believe it will never happen due to the multitude of gnome libraries it takes.
I would also like Clementine instead of Amarok, but again, a shit ton of gnome libraries/audio plugins are required.
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06-08-2011, 12:32 PM
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#32
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Secunda, South Africa
Distribution: Slackware 13.37
Posts: 179
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bnguyen
I would like to have NetworkManager (wicd is good, but it lacks mobile broadband support which many users need nowadays).
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Most definitely networkmanager. |
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06-08-2011, 02:35 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2005
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 2,969
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I'm sure most of us here realize that any wish list discussion places additional burden on the development team. Therefore I'm thinking only popular apps that are already supported in other repositories by members of the team.
Some possibilities:
LibreOffice (full build script, not just a deb conversion)
Squid
Wireshark
GParted
Possibly a graphical hardware inventory tool (LSHW?)
Replace Google Chrome build script with Chromium
LXDE
GTK app equivalents of KDE apps to help Xfce/LXDE become full-featured desktop environments
The /extra branch is a good place for all of these packages.
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06-08-2011, 02:42 PM
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#34
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Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Switzerland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 91
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Possibly a graphical hardware inventory tool (LSHW?)
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Every time I install Slackware on a different hardware I run lshw, so +1 for this. Great is the availability of different output methods (text, html, ...).
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06-08-2011, 03:02 PM
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#35
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Member
Registered: Sep 2006
Distribution: Slackware 12.2 Slackware64 13.37 multilib
Posts: 127
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OpenLDAP server, something better than yp and NIS, which I am currently using.
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06-10-2011, 10:03 AM
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#36
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: Slackware64-13.37
Posts: 52
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I compile Qtiplot on slackware regularly since 2006.It works. But, from one Qtiplot release to another you often need to tweak qtiplot.pro/ other build configuration files. What's most annoying is the need to change default install locations of qtiplot plugins from /usr to /usr/local (/usr is actually hard coded).
I never tried to make a slackbuild for Qtiplot. May be I'll try to make one if/when I have time.
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Originally Posted by solarfields
qtiplot
cuz it's a bitch to compile
has anyone out there successfully installed that? A link to a working slackbuild would be highly appreciated...
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06-10-2011, 11:12 AM
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#37
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: distro hopper
Posts: 3,692
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan
gtkglextmm
It's requirement for VisualBoyAdvance Merge's GUI. I was unsuccessful in building it.
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Okay, I managed to build it with this patch:
https://trac.macports.org/attachment...widget.cc.diff
I'm submit a SlackBuild to SBo tonight. |
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06-10-2011, 11:36 AM
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#38
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Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Outer Shpongolia
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 278
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May be I'll try to make one if/when I have time.
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That would be great! An a nice addition to slackbuilds.org |
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06-10-2011, 12:19 PM
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#39
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada
Distribution: Slackware, OpenBSD
Posts: 3,681
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LibreOffice
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06-10-2011, 12:49 PM
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#40
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Registered: Mar 2009
Location: Bulgaria
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 103
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Gparted - it's difficult to install, because of requirement of newer versions of some libs and should recompile it...
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06-10-2011, 01:24 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2008
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,041
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Intel_
Gparted - it's difficult to install, because of requirement of newer versions of some libs and should recompile it...
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partitionmanager is in extra/ and does the same thing. |
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06-11-2011, 06:15 PM
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#42
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: in a fallen world
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 22,915
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I honestly can't understand the call for NetworkMangler. It's a
tool that comes with e.g., the *buntu family that is reason for
a great number of people posting on LQ about issues.
How odd ...
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06-11-2011, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada
Distribution: Slackware, OpenBSD
Posts: 3,681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinkster
I honestly can't understand the call for NetworkMangler. It's a
tool that comes with e.g., the *buntu family that is reason for
a great number of people posting on LQ about issues.
How odd ...
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I'm happy with wicd even though it is no longer maintained. |
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06-11-2011, 06:28 PM
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#44
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: in a fallen world
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 22,915
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hitest
I'm happy with wicd even though it is no longer maintained.
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I'm happy w/ vim ;} |
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06-11-2011, 07:02 PM
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#45
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada
Distribution: Slackware, OpenBSD
Posts: 3,681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinkster
I'm happy w/ vim ;}
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Sure. Each to his own. I'm not averse to using a text editor for tasks. However, there is nothing wrong with using a GUI that works well. 
respectfully submitted, |
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