Starting with Slackware Looking for Direction
 

Greetings I am new to the forums so I hope I have the right section here.

In the next few weeks I will be converting an XPS 15 touch with Nvidia to Slackware and I am looking for some general advice on how to advance in the Slackware Linux world.

I have gotten Slackware up and running once before on another machine but in terms of Linux I consider myself very much a beginner.

My current plan after the initial install is to:

Review SlackBook again
Install specific apps such as Eclipse, Opera etc
Practice some basic command line for moving files etc
Create a small script for practice

Could anyone provide some extra steps I should look into for Slackware and Linux in general even ? I want a better understanding of the OS and more technical expertise in general yet I feel like some more direction is needed.

Thanks in advance,

Seven

http://docs.slackware.com is a great place to start.

For extra packages, I would also recommend http://slackbuilds.org (start with http://slackbuilds.org/howto/)

That's about it, I think! Welcome aboard!

This article is great, after looking at SlackBuilds take a look at sbopkg it will make your life a whole lot easier.

The resources mentioned above are great, but for me the best way to learn has always been to dive in and mess around.

To explore the filesystem, you can use Midnight Commander. Just type 'mc' at the command prompt to run it.

Some people are put off by the initial CLI based login which Slackware presents. Fortunately, it is very easy to change this. Please see "Setting Up A Graphical Login" on this page http://docs.slackware.com/slackbook:xwindow_system.

Enjoy!

Learn Bash, shell scripting. You can achieve that by studying everything in /etc and below ;-).
I like an OS I can read, plus Pat's comments are always good fun. Slackers are great commenters, I think.

Slackbuilds.org is where to go to see how extra things get built. More reading. :)

When you get bored, take a break at the Church of the SubGenius. Praise Bob!

Greetings and Welcome to Slackware
IMHO a great deal of what makes a person feel comfortable depends on what you have become used to. Since I grew up with DOS and DOS Shells (in my case, PCTools PCShell and was never all that fond of Norton Commander) and because of a short stint w/ Win 3, although I'm quite comfortable in CLI, I do love very specific kinds of File Managers for some kinds of work. If you used some sort of File Manager, you might enjoy trying several. Example - I hated Gnome's Nautilus and loved Konqueror, not because one is good and the other bad, but because Konq was more like what I was used to. You may find some particular one to your liking that will go a long way to making you feel "at Home".

Thanks for all the quick responses so far. Looks like I have a lot of extra reading after my initial plan. I will try to let you know how it goes.

Seven

Member Response
 

Hi,

Welcome to LQ & Slackware.
I like to provide these links to new users;Plus, be sure to look at the links in my signature.
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!
:hattip:

Wow,

That stuff looks fairly nice as well. I will try to give some updates as I get going here. I hope to have my system up and running this week and then the fun begins :).

Seven