[SOLVED] Docs?

gregors · 11-20-2018, 08:07 AM

Hi there!

As a Slackware newbie I'd like to know if there is something more recent than what I found on http://slackbook.org/.

Is there some kind of primer (less than ~30 pages)?

TIA

Gregor

BTW: Is there an english word for "Klickibunti"?

mralk3 · 11-20-2018, 08:12 AM

The Slackware documentation project is the modern Slackbook.

Start page
https://docs.slackware.com/start
See the getting started section links. Further down is a link to specific How to articles.

Lysander666 · 11-20-2018, 08:22 AM

OP, you're starting off on the right foot.

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Originally Posted by gregors

BTW: Is there an english word for "Klickibunti"?

I'd never heard of this. Apparently it's

Quote:

(derisive) A graphical user interface that looks clickable, colorful, and ridiculous or childish; an overblown user interface; "angry fruit salad".

No English equivalent to my knowledge so I made up an acronym - a GORI - a Graphically Overblown and Ridiculous Interface.

gregors · 11-20-2018, 08:31 AM

Thank you both!

It's good to see somebody thinks I'm starting on the right foot.

Gregor

gregors · 11-20-2018, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lysander666

["Klickibunti"] No English equivalent to my knowledge so I made up an acronym - a GORI - a Graphically Overblown and Ridiculous Interface.

I made some kind of re-acronym: SAP stands for System Administrator's Paranoia :-)

Gregor

l0f4r0 · 11-20-2018, 05:54 PM

Some time ago I noticed https://rlworkman.net/howtos/slackbasics.pdf as well. It's barely newer than your Slackbook but not so recent though.
However I'm sure some general aspects remain current

SqdnGuns · 11-20-2018, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lysander666

OP, you're starting off on the right foot.

I'd never heard of this. Apparently it's

No English equivalent to my knowledge so I made up an acronym - a GORI - a Graphically Overblown and Ridiculous Interface.

So, Ubuntu then?

gregors · 11-20-2018, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by l0f4r0

Some time ago I noticed https://rlworkman.net/howtos/slackbasics.pdf as well. It's barely newer than your Slackbook but not so recent though.
However I'm sure some general aspects remain current

Well, a lot of information of my not-so-fresh book on Linux (with Slackware 3.0 CD :-) still is useful. Maybe not the chapter that covers the X11 configuration. But I've already been reading (refreshing my knowledge on how to use usermod).

Thanks for that link!

Gregor

Lysander666 · 11-21-2018, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

So, Ubuntu then?

I don't know about 17.10 onwards and what they did to GNOME, but I absolutely loved Unity and the Humanity theme in 16.04. One of the best-looking themes I've used in Linux, but not that customisable.

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Originally Posted by gregors

Well, a lot of information of my not-so-fresh book on Linux (with Slackware 3.0 CD :-) still is useful.

You'll find that not much has changed in Slackware over the years in comparison to other OSs. For instance, the installer for 3.0 will look and behave extremely similarly to that of 14.2.