Slackware Dosnt come default w/ one of my fav. Web Browsers, Opera. But when i get to the Download page for i386, Slackware isnt listed. I was wondering which one i should download to be compatibal w/ Slack.
the page lists as follows

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Opera 7.21 for Linux i386, English (US) version

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Choose one option:
deb QT Shared 3.5 MB
QT Static 4.8 MB
rpm QT Shared RedHat 7/Mandrake 8 3.6 MB
QT Shared RedHat 8/SuSE 8.1+/Mandrake 9 3.6 MB
QT Shared RedHat 9 3.5 MB
QT Shared SuSE/Debian/Others 3.5 MB
QT Static 4.8 MB
tar.gz QT Shared RedHat 7/Mandrake 8 3.6 MB
QT Shared RedHat 8/SuSE 8.1+/Mandrake 9 3.6 MB
QT Shared RedHat 9 3.5 MB
QT Shared SuSE/Debian/Others 3.5 MB
QT Static 4.8 MB

I am running Slack 8.0 and at one time tried to install Opera
but was not lucky enough to have it running smoothly, like
Firebird which is lean and fast. So I deleted it and forgot
about it. Maybe you have better luck. Cheers!

Generally with Slack, if you can't find a Slackware Package (*.tgz) then you should compile from source (*.tar.gz)
Nowadays, Slackware can handle rpms, but when you get into dependancies and whatnot, it is more trouble than it's worth, so I'd recommend sticking with compiling from source.

Get the static version of tar.gz. Works fine.

I had the Slackware qt package installed (used by kde and qcad). If you have qt installed you can also use "QT Shared RedHat 8/SuSE 8.1+/Mandrake 9" as these distros used gcc 3.x.

QT Static 4.8 MB sould work fine.just untar it and run ./install.sh.

yup, I'm running the static qt-tar.gz-version as well

You can also use the Static RPM version and run RPM2TGZ then use installpkg and you're there.

It's usually best (IMHO) to get the static version so you don't come up missing a library or two (using the shared version).