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Exactly. The site is great as it is. No oversized graphics for those blinded by super resolutions, no endless scroll to read a sentence of text, clean, fast, and no fluff. Just what you need and no less and no more. Puns fully intended.
My guess is that http://www.slackware.com/ site does not get much maintenance. The site has been the same for years. Long over due for a upgrade.
that's why I like it. I am tired of changes for the sake of the change itself. I do hate the modern trends in web-page design. Information (apart from the "News" section) can be updated, of course.
No, leave that site as it is - in case floppy disks make a comeback, like vinyl for hi-fi.
And cassette tapes and digital watches. All tech has nostalgia value. Even Slackware does to an extent, hence... {EDIT: re lower down in this post, now I see the import of this comment}
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Originally Posted by onebuck
Hi,
My guess is that http://www.slackware.com/ site does not get much maintenance. The site has been the same for years. Long over due for a upgrade.
Hope this helps.
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I'm interested to see your reasoning for this, onebuck. Coming from a lot of other posters I would just discount this as lack of understanding of Slackware's philosophy, but from you, the comment takes on another tinge. Care to elaborate? What kind of an update? Is it not perfectly functional just like the old Slackware installer, which, as far as I can tell, has hardly changed at all since the '90s?
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Right, now I get it. The site is in something of a timewarp with regard to the install instructions:
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install.1, install.2 These are the Slackware installation disks, used to install Slackware Linux to its own partition. To load the installer from floppy disk, you'll need to write each to these to a floppy disk, and use a bootdisk to load them. NOTE: The 'dialog' program used by the install system is not forgiving of extra keystrokes entered between screens, so type carefully. :-)
install.zip This is an *EXPERIMENTAL* UMSDOS-based Slackware installer.
It is a UMSDOS version of the Slackware installer rootdisks.
But other parts are right up to date - packages, security advisories etc. I suppose anyone who really wants to get to know Slackware knows what they are in for. Maybe all the talk of floppies is a deterrent.
Last edited by Lysander666; 06-21-2018 at 05:26 AM.
I did not mean to come off as negative with my comment. It's just that the site does and has remained the same format for a long time. Sure most information is up to date but some things are not up to present state of web pages we now see. Also I was referring to the cryptocurrency and the web site still used same monetary exchange methods via PayPal & credit cards. Just was not clear enough.
Yes, the clean simplicity of the site does align with the requirements that meet Slackware's philosophy. But comparing to most sites it is still not current web techniques. The site is very linear. So one can get to the required information or access to it.
No offense intended.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by onebuck; 06-21-2018 at 07:45 AM.
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I did not mean to come off as negative with my comment. It's just that the site does and has remained the same format for a long time. Sure most information is up to date but some things are not up to present state of web pages we now see.
That is by all means a virtue. The current state of most modern web pages is outright atrocious.
I did not mean to come off as negative with my comment. It's just that the site does and has remained the same format for a long time. Sure most information is up to date but some things are not up to present state of web pages we now see. Also I was referring to the cryptocurrency and the web site still used same monetary exchange methods via PayPal & credit cards. Just was not clear enough.
Yes, the clean simplicity of the site does align with the requirements that meet Slackware's philosophy. But comparing to most sites it is still not current web techniques. The site is very linear. So one can get to the required information or access to it.
No offense intended.
Hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by orbea
That is by all means a virtue. The current state of most modern web pages is outright atrocious.
If we are just talking about the design of the site, I have to elaborate on orbea's point. Some sites are horrendously coded these days. I notice this probably more than most since I do my Slackware browsing on a netbook: yes, I am in the minority in doing so, but how many of us - Slackers or otherwise - really care about flashy design? Surely webdesign should be about content before design, and the design should just smooth and facilitate access to that content, whilst looking attractive and appealing. I think that newer payment techniques could be integrated into the new Slack site - and obviously some parts of it do need updating - but overall I think the design should remain the same.
Last edited by Lysander666; 06-21-2018 at 08:31 AM.
I am not talking about flashy designs but methods to bring the site to the 21 century. Integration techniques would do the site a great service and provide clean service to everyone.
I am not talking about flashy designs but methods to bring the site to the 21 century. Integration techniques would do the site a great service and provide clean service to everyone.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? Specific examples? Integration techniques seems like a very loose and vague goalpost without any clearly defined benefits.
Integration the formation of support for the site so that things can be easily managed. You can find several Website integration techniques that enhance the web site product and flow for information and design so data is collectively thus allow better web design.
We are getting off topic here so my suggestion is to DuckDuckGo for 'Web integration' and you can find several examples of the use.
You're the one that brought it up...but if you don't want to answer my question you can just say so. In case you didn't understand the question, it was what specific integration techniques could be an improvement to slackware.com and in which ways? Or in other words what things need to be more easily managed?
As far as I can tell slackware.com is a simple, fast and easy to read site. Besides some minor updates to content I don't see how it could improve.
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onebuck, have you sent PV a PM with any of those ideas?
PS: I like the classic website, and I am a fan of simple web design is the best web design. Ideally, one should not even realize they are reading/viewing a website, as simple as holding a piece of paper or reading a book.
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