• As we’re on our way towards the release of Slackware 15, allow me to share a few amusing Slackware tales I’ve collected over the years.
  • About a month ago I installed Slackware64 14.2 on my laptop, a Dell Inspiron 7537. After a long period spent with Fedora it was time to come back home, so I...
  • Slackware Linux Post-installation. assuming network configuration is already done. those steps are otherwise partly automated by the linuxconf script.
  • Slackware Linux 15.0. Slackware has a well deserved reputation for stability and for having a simple technical design.
  • Because of its many conservative and simplistic features, Slackware is often considered to be most suitable for advanced and technically inclined Linux users.
  • To prevent it from being taken too seriously at first, Volkerding gave it a humorous name, which stuck even after Slackware became a serious project.[15].
  • What you get from Slackware is a clean system that expects more of the user, at the command line and in the configuration process.
  • Slack 12 or Slamd64 12 + GnuCash 2.2.4. Success! A minimal install of gnome dependencies to get GnuCash installed on slackware!
  • Slackware is a curious animal, minding its own business while other distros roam the popularity plain and strive for dominance among their peers.
  • This is my attempt to go over Slackware package management in a way that can help newcomers to the distro understand it much faster.