Slackware ARM YouTube channel
 

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The first episode of Season 2 of SlackChat is now available.

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Thanks MoZes! :thumbsup:

Official Slackware ARM YouTube Channel - everybody should bookmark it because this is going to be really interesting!

Episode S02E02 is up, and we're doing a show and tell about maintaining Slackware ARM 14.2

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Episode S02E03 is up, and we're merging in changes and queuing them for build.

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Episode S02E04 - Testing Linux 5.10 in Slackware ARM current is up, and this time we're testing the (at the time) new Linux 5.10 kernel on the Banana Pi, and talking a little about the boot process and U-Boot.

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Prior to pushing out an ARM change set, we need to perform a few tests.
Episode S02E05 - Reinstalling a Slackware ARM build machine is up, which is a show & tell involving performing a fresh installation and running a SIT (System Integration Test).

The installation to the Orange Pi Plus2E with SSD storage took 1hr 6 mins.

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Episode S02E06 - Let's talk about the size of your swap file, shaggy dog stories and Slackware AArch64 is up, and we're talking about AArch64, swap sizes and some shaggy dog stories.

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Episode S02E07 - Publishing Big Merge is up, and we're publishing the mammoth update from January: Big Merge - KDE, XFCE and hundreds of other updates.

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In this final episode of the Big Merge, Stuart talks about the importance of waiting a grace period after a large update so as to act quickly to fix any issues. We perform a final package batch ingest for -current and build a Security update for 14.2.

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S02E09 is up, and Brent Earl joins us again for an impromptu hackathon on Slackware AArch64. We get intimate with the initrd and finally boot a fresh installation of Slackware AArch64!

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Episode S02E10 is up, and Brent Earl from the Slackware community is helping work through fixing one of the RockPro64s that's used to test the Kernel and installer, which became unbootable.

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There is a new episode available. Season 2 episode 11, Kernel module loader part 1. This episode should be interesting for community members who wish to develop support for additional hardware.

And the 2nd part is also up where we dig deeper.

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Season 2 Episode 17 shows the os-initrd-mgr tool in action, with a quick demo of how to use it to add Kernel modules to the OS Initial RAM Disk.

Hello again,

Season 2, ep. 18. Shooting the September breeze with, well, ME.

Summary: Stuart and Brent catch up after the summer hiatus of 2021, and discuss moving forward with Slackware AArch64.

I hope everyone enjoys this episode as much as I did. -Brent