#slackware

ThinkPad X220 (2011) running Slackware-current in 2026. Linux console + tmux. Sometimes that's all you need. :) #slackware #thinkpad #x220

You thought NixOS users were vocal? Listen to the Slackers chirping away, with version 16 presumably on the horizon 🤣 Let's check the mirrors and join in 🥳 #slackware

One of the main problem with #Slackware #Linux is that it is rock solid. Why is this a problem? Because I never feel like doing updates! If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.

After a few months of work, slackfetch has reached a mature 1.0 release. A minimal and readable system information utility for Slackware, inspired by ufetch. The normal output and a cowsay -n composition are shown below. https://forge.slackware.nl/r1w1s1/slackfetch #Slackware #Linux #Unix

BTW #Slackware buddies, is there a simple special trick to have #Slackbuilds install in /usr/local rather than /usr? Like some environment variable to set before running the slackbuild script? The idea is to keep native slackware fs "sane" and add all extra stuff elsewhere.

So. Hauptrechner läuft mit EndeavourOS (Arch), Laptop 1 läuft mit Linux Mint mit XFCE und Liquorix-Kernel. Laptop 2 kriegt jetzt Fedora XFCE. Vielleicht auch den LQX-Kernel. Damit kann ich wohl behaupten, alle relevanten Linux-Distributionen einigermaßen zu beherrschen. Gentoo und Slackware laufen aktuell nur in der VM bei mir. #Linux #Mint #Fedora #Arch #Gentoo #LFS #Slackware

Unraid plant Wechsel des Betriebssystems https://linuxnews.de/unraid-plant-wechsel-des-betriebssystems/ #unraid #slackware #linux #linuxnews

Trying out NextSpace on Slackware -current with XLibre. A modern implementation inspired by the classic NeXTSTEP desktop. It's interesting to see how its design and workflow still feel relevant decades later. Definitely a fun project to explore. #Slackware #NextSpace #XLibre #Unix #X11

@cstross@wandering.shop @foone@digipres.club I do remember there was an additional wrinkle in that the (donated) box I was trying to install #Slackware onto was a PS/2 and the MCA architecture wasn't officially supported by the Slackware installation disks. And astonishingly, I think I may have found a copy of the document I had to follow in order to hack the installation to work. https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2037 Looking back and considering it was my first real experience with installing Linux, it's astonishing I got it to work. But it did, and that machine became my daily driver for the next few years. #linux #sysadmin

🚀 Slackel MATE 9.0 a fost lansat! Veste excelentă pentru posesorii de hardware vechi 🐧💾 O nouă versiune majoră a distribuției de origine greacă Slackel este acum disponibilă, oferind o punte modernă către ecosistemul Slackware. Marea surpriză? Aceasta continuă să ofere suport complet pentru sistemele pe 32 de biți, ținând în viață calculatoarele mai vechi! Iată cele mai importante detalii despre Slackel MATE 9.0: 🔹 Baza Slackware: Urmărește ramura de dezvoltare „Slackware Current”, oferind pachete mult mai noi decât versiunea stabilă tradițională, păstrând în același timp compatibilitatea completă cu sursele oficiale. 🔹 Suport 32-bit și 64-bit: Ediția pe 64 de biți vine echipată cu Linux kernel 6.18, în timp ce versiunea pe 32 de biți folosește kernelul 6.12 pentru a asigura o compatibilitate maximă cu procesoarele x86 mai vechi. 🔹 Interfață și pachete: Folosește desktop-ul MATE, o interfață tradițională și foarte bine optimizată pentru resurse puține. Administrarea aplicațiilor se face simplu prin instrumentele slapt-get și gslapt (împrumutate de la Salix). 🔹 Moduri de instalare flexibile: Utilizatorii pot alege între modul Full (sistem complet cu toate aplicațiile de zi cu zi), Basic (sistem grafic minimal cu browser și utilitare de bază) și Core (doar linie de comandă). 🔹 Software la zi: Vine la pachet cu aplicații actualizate precum LibreOffice 26.2.4, Firefox 152, GIMP 3.2.4 și MPV 0.41. Sistemul rulează excelent și direct dintr-un stick USB (mod Live) cu suport pentru persistență, permițându-ți să salvezi modificările fără a fi nevoie să instalezi nimic pe hard disk. #Slackel #SlackelMATE #Slackware #Linux #MATE #OpenSource #32bit #RetroComputing #LinuxNews #TechNews

Depressing (no, not really) how simple managing #LXC containers on #Slackware Linux is once… you know how to manage them 🙄🤣

Jumping to #Slackware-current. ​

Done and dusted. I've created SlackoSundries, my totally random collection of Slackware pkgs. Right now: brave-origin-beta, the fresh-editor and bottom, a great h or btop replacement. Updates where apllicable very Wednesday and Saturday. You can find it here: #slackwarehttps://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/SlackoSundries

Yep. Done. Version Beta v1.91.135 of Brave Origin for Slackware is available at: https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/Brave-Origin Plus some additional tweaking tips by me. Happy browsing! #slackware #brave #braveOrigin

@wydamn@social.linux.pizza Not a user of Gnome myself, but this repo will certainly help you along: https://reddoglinux.ddns.net/mirror/slackware/gnome #slackware

No se si tendrá que ver con la FLISoL, pero el 24 se movió un montón el mirror de Linux Mint @flisoluy@mastodon.uy ustedes lo utilizaron o es casualidad? Y Slackware también #undernet #mirror #linuxmint #slackware #flisol2026

Procrastination might sound wasteful, but it's actually great Slackware Mango/Niri up and running, with all extensive goodies from the slackosaurus. Received some great feedback during my travails, so all's dandy now. That leaves Gentoo dwm for tomorrow, and luckily enough that's a public holiday here. Or was it already in the back of my mind? 🤔 Probably 🥳 Cheers! 🍻 #slackware

kvm + gpu passthrough + looking glass = cool gaming 👍 #slackware #linux

Order restored. Experimental KDE by @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org Flatpaks as applications. Kernel 7.0. Slacker0ni repo for all goodies. Homebrew and/or distrobox possible also. As immutable as a mutable distro gets. #slackware

Have been playing around with #Fedora on the spare machine, I think it's pretty cool. I remember the old days with RedHat Linux. I think 6.1 was my first. That said, I think I'm moving the spare machine to #Slackware. I've been itching to dive back into the OG distro that I learned Linux on. I remember buying a giant 50 pack of floppy disks (they were blue, orange, yellow, green, and red and I bet lots of people know exactly the bundle of floppies I'm talking about here) and went to the local library that had the ability to FTP. Eventually I got Cable Internet and downloading ISOs of Slackware became real. But in the late 90s, if I wanted to get all the sets for Slackware, it was a visit to the local library.