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updated: Febr 14 2021 ( blacklisting in slackpkg has changed, updated the procedure)
The notes I now use to upgrade: Slackware-current
/etc/slackpkg/blacklist contains:
Code:
# all kernel packages, unless I planned kernel upgrade
# This one will blacklist all SBo packages:
[0-9]+_SBo
sbopkg
# This one will blacklist all alienbob packages:
[0-9]+alien
# This one will blacklist all Multilib packages:
[0-9]+compat32
PsychOS486 is a GNU/Linux distribution with i486DX computers in mind, hence the name. In other words, a numeric co-processor is required and the newer the computer, the better; i586 and i686 users are fine as well. PsychOS486 was made possible by "editing the snot" out of Slacko Puppy 5.3.1, a Slackware 13.37-compatible Puppy Linux distro. After booting, you are presented...
The discussion collapsed into nonsense before I could post my non-useful, dead Slackware, Year Linux Desktop, desktop. I had lost track of the discussion since I have had to continue to work with a 20% pay cut in the viral apocalypse that is the USA.
So here is a desktop showing neofetch etc for gandalf (main box, Slackware64-current multilib), aragron (new miniITX build, Slackware64-current), arwen (Lenovo Thinkpad T510 Slackware64-current), beorn (hobby server for gopher, httpd,...
I have finally had some time to compile the benchmarks for a series of GPUs on the new mini-ITX build. The purpose was to see if the amdgpu driver is ready to compete with Nvidia on a Linux powered game box. The GPUs choices are simply what I had available and fairly recent, except for the RX 5700 XT, which was a new purchase.
System Configuration
GIGABYTE X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini-ITX
AMD RYZEN...
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