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Jan K. 01-03-2023 06:40 AM
Hmmm... my Windows 7 was installed once and has run since day one without hick-ups or re-installs and is as stable as day one. Same as the systems I've installed for others over the decades. Problems were few and far apart...

Nobody got their Windows systems to learn how their OS works. They had work to do...

Not that I want to defend Microsoft, but the bashing gets a bit tiresome...


The numbers speaks. 96% Microsoft, 2.5% MacOS and 1.5% Linux/others.


Back to normal thread. :hattip:

vtel57 01-03-2023 03:13 PM
> and 1.5% Linux/others.

And that's a good thing. Because the main reason Windows is such a target of riff-raff and scammery is because of its popularity. It gives the malcontents "more bang for their buck". We who use GNU/Linux definitely do NOT want that big target on the back of our favorite OS.

And while I can't stand Windows these days. There was a time when I was quite enamored with Win 98 and 98SE; not so much XP, though. Actually, excessive "service pack" crash & burns with XP was the main motivation for me going with Slackware as my main OS on all my machines since 2006. Win 7 was OK. I currently have a crippled (Networking disabled) Win 10 on my system primarily for gaming, which I haven't done much of lately. I can't remember the last time I booted that Win 10. ;)

cwizardone 01-03-2023 07:15 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by vtel57 (Post 6402025)
.........
And while I can't stand Windows these days. There was a time when I was quite enamored with Win 98 and 98SE; not so much XP, though. Actually, excessive "service pack" crash & burns with XP was the main motivation for me going with Slackware.......
I had already been using Linux and Slackware for a few years (since '95 or '96) by the time Xp was released, but, actually, by service pack 3, XP was pretty good, IMO. I still run it to this day in VirtualBox since the original HP Xp drivers for my old flatbed scanner do a much better job than any Linux software I've tried. Before anyone says, "Have you tried "Vuescan?," it doesn't support this particular model.
:)

SCerovec 01-08-2023 01:20 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by cwizardone (Post 6402066)
I had already been using Linux and Slackware for a few years (since '95 or '96) by the time Xp was released, but, actually, by service pack 3, XP was pretty good, IMO. I still run it to this day in VirtualBox since the original HP Xp drivers for my old flatbed scanner do a much better job than any Linux software I've tried. Before anyone says, "Have you tried "Vuescan?," it doesn't support this particular model.
:)
I'm just carefull to ever buy devices clearly supported by Linux...

What do you know, i get an used Xerox 3055 3in1 copier and printer that has zero support - but since it was free - I really couldn't say no to the bargain :rolleyes:

Short story long, it's sitting there doing it all with Cups and some odd ball downloads across the net (github or some of the ever more scarce side-sources of obsolete binary drivers), and for every in a while i need it to do a scan it can (as in standalone) dump it on a thumb drive in jpeg format... It also is a great photo copier in situ...

FWIW for any real scanning i use the Cannon LIDE 110 instead. Just works.

Yeah, Windows was good for what it ought to do (make money and keep M$ at the front) but I so much better like where I'm now with Slackware...

onebuck 01-10-2023 04:10 AM
Mirror for slackpkg+ and slakfinder
 
Hi,

From https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/
Quote:
Mirror for slackpkg+ and slakfinder

Posted on January 9, 2023 by alienbob

For some time now, the slakfinder.org website has been offline. The domain still exists, but the web site just does not respond. Matteo Rossini (zerouno) needed a break from computers, so it is likely that the site won’t return on short notice.
The effect of the site’s unavailability becomes quite obvious if you use the slackpkg+ extension for slackpkg to manage the packages you installed from 3rd-party community repositories. The “/etc/slackpkg/slackpkgplus.conf” configuration file contains these lines:
?# use this to keep the slackpkg+ package updated to the latest stable release MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=https://slakfinder.org/slackpkg+15/ … and that causes a problem every time you run “slackpkg update“. There will be a timeout querying slakfinder.org and a subsequent error. After that, slackpkg will function as usual, you just won’t be able to check on updates for slackpkg+. But the error is annoying.
Luckily I am mirroring the repository for a long while now, so this is easy to fix. Replace the MIRRORPLUS URL above with the following line and run a “slackpkg update“, which will solve the timeout issue:
MIRRORPLUS['slackpkgplus']=https://slackware.nl/slackpkgplus15/
Please check Eric's blog for complete details.
Hope this helps!
:hattip:

onebuck 01-15-2023 10:46 AM
My Slackware curiosity and our community
 
Hi,

I started a thread out of curiosity; How long have you been using Slackware?

I have been wondering lately as to the overall Slackware usage in the Gnu/Linux community. With all the hold you hand distributions, I wondered why. Only thing I can conclude is that ease of use for a hand hold distro. Sure Slackware does require a user to understand and have the means to work with Slackware. I think it does boil down to basic laziness and not contributing time to understand something. Slackware has a lot of users that are willing to help people to solve an issue with Slackware at this forum. Plus we do have; Slackware Doc Project to help new & old users.

I do not want to come across as judgemental but I'm old school and always have been curious and inquisitive about how to solve things. I would always dive into my challenges to see what could be done to service that situation. While I was still at the University, I did a lot of research and it was a benefit to have this attitude along with the means to solve therefore bring things to a conclusion.

I am proud of our Slackware community and the contributions made by it's members.
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jmccue 01-15-2023 12:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onebuck (Post 6404523)
Hi,

I started a thread out of curiosity; How long have you been using Slackware?
Yes, interesting thread, but I really would like to see some newbees contribute to it. Us "old timers" know why we like it, but without "new blood" I fear for Slackware's future.

So, if you are a new user of Slackware, please contribute to that tread knowing you, more than people like me, will keep the disto active in the long term :)

onebuck 03-16-2023 12:12 PM
Hi,

Eric has provided;
Chromium (-ungoogled) 111 packaged for Slackware 15.0 and -current
Quote:
Posted on March 10, 2023 by alienbob

You’ll have noticed – as indicated earlier, the Chromium packages for Slackware 14.2 are no longer being updated.
Today I made available the Slackware packages available for Chromium 111.0.5563.64, and they are accompanied by the un-googled version. This latest release squashes a massive 40 vulnerabilities, none labeled critical, but it’s wise to keep your systems uptodate nevertheless.
These new packages are targeting Slackware 15.0 and newer.
Enjoy! Eric
Edit: Packages are here; http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/chromium/
Hope this helps!
:hattip:

vtel57 03-16-2023 12:55 PM
I'm still running Slackware 14.2, so can't use the newest Ungoogled from Alien. However, just yesterday d-loaded and upgraded using his most recent (and final) Ungoogled Chromium for 14.2. All's well.

Thank you, @onebuck for the announcement above and Thank you, @AlienBob (Eric H.) for ALL you do! :)

onebuck 03-16-2023 07:37 PM
Member Response
 
Hi,
Quote:
Originally Posted by vtel57 (Post 6418114)
I'm still running Slackware 14.2, so can't use the newest Ungoogled from Alien. However, just yesterday d-loaded and upgraded using his most recent (and final) Ungoogled Chromium for 14.2. All's well.

Thank you, @onebuck for the announcement above and Thank you, @AlienBob (Eric H.) for ALL you do! :)
You should look at a earlier blog entry;
Quote:
Chromium 110 packages for Slackware (the last version for Slackware 14.2) Posted on February 13, 2023 by alienbob

I have uploaded the packages for Google Chromium 110.0.5481.77 as well as its un-googled version. The sources for this new major release were available since a week ago, but as it often happens when Chromium updates its major version number, I get to find ways around the breakage that seems to be specific for the unusual Slackware target, and create fixes and patches to make the sources compile into a package for Slackware.
It took me so long to come up with packages this time, that Google already released a newer update (110.0.5481.96) today…
You won’t get that update now, hopefully soon though. Get the 110.0.5481.77 release from my server (chromium or chromium-ungoogled) or its US mirror (chromium or chromium-ungoogled).
The new packages are targeting Slackware 14.2 and newer. As announced last year and repeated a couple of times, I am going to drop support for Slackware 14.2 on the first anniversary of Slackware 15.0, which is February 22nd, 2023.
Ergo, the final version of Chromium you’ll get from me for Slackware 14.2 will be this “110” release because Chromium 111 will see the light on March 1st.
It would be wise to upgrade to Slackware 15.0 anyway if you are still on 14.2.
Enjoy! Eric
Hope this helps.
:hattip:

vtel57 03-17-2023 10:55 AM
Yes, I was aware of that, Gary. Thanks, though.

As Eric says above in your quote:

> It would be wise to upgrade to Slackware 15.0 anyway if you are still on 14.2.

Unfortunately, I have not upgraded to the newest Slackware for a couple reasons:

- a bit lazy

and

- I have some issues with the newest versions of Xfce.

All's fine with my system at the moment, though. I'll "bite the bullet" and upgrade-all sometime soon, I'm sure. :)

saxa 03-17-2023 01:34 PM
Upss, sorry, I didnt saw it was on a wrong thread.

Freshly baked:

gvfs-1.50.4
https://download.gnome.org/sources/g...-1.50.4.tar.xz

glib-networking-2.76.0
https://download.gnome.org/sources/g...-2.76.0.tar.xz

libsoup-3.4.0
https://download.gnome.org/sources/l...p-3.4.0.tar.xz

SCerovec 03-18-2023 12:52 PM
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I was pretty sure i posted to "This is my Slackware desktop" thread, but i see this here?

Not sure if i posted this already:
(workshop work station).
Nothing fancy, it's a custom built PC with IGP only (HD4000) and a single cooling fan (LED PSU --> pico PSU => 0dB).

Its a 16GB ram 1155 FPGA socket intel mini-ITX motherboard with a H61 chipset and 2.5" spinning HDD.

It gets the work done

onebuck 03-23-2023 05:39 AM
Steam Client for Slackware updated to 1.0.0.76 along with a Wine update
 
Hi,

Eric has provided us with a new Steam Client;
Quote:
Steam Client for Slackware updated to 1.0.0.76
Posted on March 19, 2023 by alienbob

A few weeks ago, Valve‘s official Linux binaries for its steamclient got an update. The 1.0.0.76 version is built using an updated Steam client:
  • Client timestamp 1676336721 (2023-02-14)
  • Steam Runtime version 0.20221019.0
The steamclient package which I create from this release tarball is meant to bootstrap the installation of Valve’s Steam gaming platform on your Slackware computer. The package installs a couple of scripts and a 32-bit Linux runtime based on Ubuntu, and adds a desktop menu entry so that you can easily start Steam.
When you first start ‘steam’ from the menu or from the X terminal command-line, the client scripts will download a larger set of runtime libraries, including 64-bit support. From then on, the steamclient will keep its runtime libraries up-to-date automatically, every time it starts up and connects to the Steam servers.
The Slackware package has a couple of tweaks because we obviously do not have all the expected Ubuntu tools on board. With the help of these tweaks, Steam works out of the box on Slackware – both 32bit and 64-bit with multilib!
If you are using Steam for gaming, be sure to check out its Slackware community. It’s not really chatty in there but last time I checked, the group listed over 400 Slackware users and there’s always a few online and playing.
Enjoy!
Eric
You can get packages here; https://slackware.nl/people/alien/sl...s/steamclient/

He also provide us with a Wine update;
Quote:
Wine 8.4 packages for Slackware

Posted on March 19, 2023 by alienbob

The Wine developers released version 8.4 last week. There’s lots of bugfixes of course, but the announcement also mentions that the work has started on a Wayland graphics driver. Note that in the previous 8.3 release for which I did not create packages, Smart Card support was added, using PCSC-Lite for which I also have a package.
I have created and uploaded fresh Slackware packages (targeting 15.0 and -current) for pure 32bit Wine as well as a 64bit Wine which also contains the 32bit WoW64 (Wine on Wine64) binaries. Both packages have the ‘staging‘ patches applied and contain Gecko (the Wine implementation of Internet Explorer) and Mono (the open-source and cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework).

The external dependencies for this package remain the same: FAudio and vkd3d are required.
On 64bit Slackware you need to have multilib installed (read the docs). In addition to a standard multilib package set, in addition you need to convert the 32bit versions of the FAudio and vkd3d packages to ‘compat32’ packages and install those.
Note: the MinGW-w64 compiler suite is used to generate the native Windows DLLs in my wine package. This compiler is not needed when you just want to run wine. If you want to compile your own wine, you can install MinGW-w64 from my repository.
Have a good weekend!
Eric
You can always get his packages here; https://slackware.nl/people/alien/slackbuilds/

Hope this helps!
Have fun & enjoy Slackware.
:hattip:

onebuck 04-30-2023 12:32 PM
Slackware information for new users
 
Hi,

If you really want to try out Slackware then I suggest you first look at;
Quote:
Slackware Live Edition: if you want to try a Live Edition of Slackware before committing it to your hard drive.
You can test drive before installation by using a DVD/USB Live edition. Plus you might want to look further into Slackware Documentation Project to help you with Slackware. Also you might like Get Slackware Linux and Slackware64_Live from Slackware-Links.

You can always get help from Slackware - Installation. Be sure to post any request with information about your problem. Please be sure to use code tags when posting logs or command results so it is cleaner therefore easier to read and follow. You can use LQ FAQ and How to ask questions the smart way to give you guidelines for posting(s). I hope you enjoy the endeavor with Slackware and sharing through the community.
Hope this helps!
Have fun & enjoy Slackware!
:hattip:

onebuck 06-02-2023 12:32 PM
Chromium 114 Early Release on Slackware
 
Hi,

Eric (alienbob) just released; Chromium 114 Early Release on Slackware
Quote:
Posted on May 27, 2023 by alienbob

An “early release” of Chromium 114 source code was published a few days ago, the release notes are on the developer blog. Since Chromium 110, Google rolls out new major releases to a small sub-set of its users to monitor any potential breakage and apply fixes before the majority of users get upgraded. The formal release of Chromium will be on May 30th, but I decided to go along with the early release this time, and offer this version to Slackware users already this weekend, to celebrate the Pentecost

Looking at the new stuff in Chromium 114, there’s two things you might want to play with, since they are already contained in the browser and mostly usable in Chromium 114, but not yet enabled by default.
  • By toggling the flag “chrome://flags/#chrome-refresh-2023” from “default” to “enabled” the ongoing work will be revealed to bring a new User Interface design (Material You) to the desktop browser. A new tab design, new icons and work on the dark theme is visible. This new UI is scheduled for release in September 2023.
  • The toggle “chrome://flags/#password-manager-redesign” will enable a revamped Google Password Manager. It wants to look more like a standalone application and Chromium will ask you if you want to “install the app” which basically just adds a shortcut to “chrome://password-manager/passwords” in the “three-dots” sidebar menu. I was not yet impressed with this one, as it was unable to show me the passwords I had already saved in Chromium before. Yet is was obvious that my passwords were present since the password manager was able to check them all for compromise and weakness. So, I toggled this one back to “default” and will wait for Google to mature and stabilize it.
  • Also obvious is the disappearance of the “lock” icon which was an indication that you were visiting a secure “https” site. The lock has been replaced by a settings icon but functionally nothing much changed, as is shown when you click that icon.
    Slackware packages (15.0 and -current) for Chromium 114.0.5735.45 are available for download from my repository or any of its mirrors.
  • The Un-googled version of my Chromium browser package will probably have to wait until May 30th – the formal release date of Chromium 114. There is no sign that Eloston will release a tarball sooner.
    Enjoy! Eric
Hope this helps!
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onebuck 06-20-2023 10:40 AM
Chromium 114.0.5735.133 packages address critical bug
 
Hi,
alienbob has been busy of late;
Quote:
Chromium 114.0.5735.133 packages address critical bug
Posted on June 17, 2023 by alienbob

Chromium, regular and un-googled.
Earlier this week, Google released its 114.0.5735.133 update for Chromium 114.
This is a bugfix release and on the list of addressed security issues, there’s one which is labeled as ‘critical‘, labeled CVE-2023-3214. Three other fixes are labeled with a vulnerability rating of ‘high‘.
As always, it is wise to upgrade to my latest chromium and chromium-ungoogled packages.
The updated Slackware 15.0 and -current packages both for chromium and chromium-ungoogled are available in my repository and its mirrors (like my own US server and in a short while, the UK mirror).
Cheers, Eric
Hope this helps.
:hattip:


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