Here's my post-installation slackware configuration script (great for newbies)
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WindowBreaker,your script is awesome to newbie and even veteran user of Slackware.
I have a similar script which is work in progress.Because I came across the problem which I have to re-install Slackware again and do all over again.For example,create DB file,add user and so on.These things are tedious for veteran users and newbies.Your script just save a great deal of time for us.
Thumb up!
P.S:It's better to study the shell script after you use the script."For Learning Purpose".
Last edited by Swift&Smart; 03-30-2006 at 11:37 PM.
WindowBreaker, you ROCK!!! Thanks for the great script!! This script has saved me a ton of time, as well as helping to educate me just a little more on the nuances of Slackware. Its people like you that help to make Open Source great.
that script is useful, but it kind of defeats the learning process when someone tries slackware.
before using slackware i used vectorlinux because it was slackware based and had a very nice control panel (called VASM) that did that and lots more.
That's definitely true about kind of defeating the purpose of learning but this is nice for someone who knows how to do it but doesn't want to go through it all for every installation they ever do. I have five slackware installations I go between. This is just a nice way to make life easier.
How can routine post-installation chores be learning experiences? Most of the post-install configuration in Linux are boring, routine tasks like setting up hardware, configuring sound, user accounts and so on that have absolutely no value in productivity terms when you have something else to take care of like real work..
Like vincent vega says, once the novelty factor has evaporated, these kinds of things get in your way as a Linux user who wants to concentrate on more important things.
This kind of a script will be much appreciated by a lot of members I'm sure and those who don't like it needn't use it.
Anyway this is a great script idea -- the one suggestion I'd add (as somebody no doubt mentioned before) - a simple firewall setup tool.
Last edited by vharishankar; 09-27-2006 at 11:54 AM.
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