abarbarian Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Salix 15.0 Is Here, A Ready-Made Slackware-based Desktop Quote Slackware is a legendary Linux distribution that seems to have risen from the ashes with version 15 after a long slumber. However, user-friendliness has never been one of its strong points. This is where Salix Linux comes into play – a lightweight, easy-to-use, with stability in mind Slackware-based desktop-oriented Linux distro. However, it is unlikely to be familiar to the average Linux user. And now, seven months after the official release of Slackware 15, and six years after its latest stable release, 14.2, Salix 15.0 is finally here. So let’s see what’s changed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 How to Install Slackware Linux 15: A Full Step-by-Step Guide Quote This comprehensive step-by-step guide will show you how to install Slackware Linux to get started quickly on becoming a Slackware expert. Slackware is the oldest actively maintained Linux distro. Its first release dated back in July 1993, almost 29 years ago. But what’s really amazing is that even after 29 years, Slackware is still Slackware. I mean that the installation process and wizard appear to be the same. The method of operation remains unchanged. So, Slackware is a fantastic Linux distro, but many people do not use it since it is difficult to install. Moreover, you will often hear that this is a distro targeted the advanced Linux users. Well, I will not argue whether this is true or not. But I will show you how easy it is to install Slackware Linux and get started with it. So let our Slackware installation journey begin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 In the west we tend to forget how important penguins are in the rest of the world. Here are a couple of Salix videos. The first is done on fairly modern kit and was produced in Sept 2022. Review Salix 15 revisión en Español. Slackware para usuarios comodos The second video and for me the most interesting was once again done in Sept 2022 was showcasing Salix running on very low powered kit. HARDWARE: MiniPortatil msi U-100 CPU: Intel Atom N270 (2) 1.6 GHz RAM: 2 GB DDR2 Salix OS Linux 32 bits - Basada en Slackware [Prueba de Desempeño en msi u100] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 How to Install Slackware Linux 15: A Full Step-by-Step Guide Quote Slackware is the oldest actively maintained Linux distro. Its first release dated back in July 1993, almost 29 years ago. But what’s really amazing is that even after 29 years, Slackware is still Slackware. Quote Slackware is an independent Linux distro developed by Patrick Volkerding that doesn’t follow any particular period to release a new version like Ubuntu or rolling release distros. Instead, building Slackware aims to give exceptional stability, so there isn’t a new version released every year. Last but not least, please consider supporting Patrick and his family by visiting his Patreon Page, choosing a membership category, and becoming a Patron. More on the topic here: Donating to Slackware. One of the comments from the article Quote Now, for the best part: Everything I setup on that laptop five years ago still runs today, perfect as the first day. Reliability, durability, stability. No sudden updates to mess up your workflow. No sudden antivirus issue. No change in how the system loads, what it loads (or not) and how it responds to you, the user, the way you want it to. I can’t imagine a more stable and reliable workstation, once setup, than a Slackware. You press the power button, the system loads, and you can go to work. When finished, you shut it down and that’s that. Rinse, repeat, and after 40 years of that go retire. No BS, just work done. The Slackware Linux Project - main site Quote Hey folks! It's been a long time, but as usual we had to get everything just exactly perfect, and you just can't rush that. We are very happy to announce the availability of the new Slackware 15.0 stable release. There have been way too many changes to even begin to cover them here, but for our dedicated user base suffice to say that you'll find things modern but also familiar. We've gone with the 5.15.19 Linux kernel (part of the 5.15.x kernel series that will be getting long-term support from the kernel developers). You'll also enjoy a refreshed desktop experience including the KDE Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition with support for Wayland sessions. Quote Thanks to the Slackware team for all the hard work on getting Slackware 15.0 ready. And of course, thanks to all the open source developers upstream, and to the Slackware community on linuxquestions.org for all the help with bug reports, suggestions, and patches. We couldn't have done it without you. Enjoy the new stable release! Pat and the Slackware crew A fine example of open source and the KISS principle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Perhaps its time Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 7 hours ago, securitybreach said: Perhaps its time Eric Apparently he is thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 2 hours ago, abarbarian said: Apparently he is thinking about it. Oh, so like the SSD drive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 17 hours ago, securitybreach said: Perhaps its time Eric Nah... I don't have any issues with Slackware 15 itself (the OS), but the newest version of Xfce has some changes that I definitely do NOT like... "client side decorations". Quote Xfce 4.16 will look a little different to long time users when it arrives later this year, as the popular desktop environment is adopting client side decoration by default.* *https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.16/roadmap/general_ui/csd It's UGLY as H3LL, in my opinion and doesn't allow me to customize as I normally would. That's been my one major reason for not upgrading to Slackware 15. And yes, I know I'll probably have to bite the bullet and do it, eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 23 hours ago, securitybreach said: Oh, so like the SSD drive... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 16 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: That's been my one major reason for not upgrading to Slackware 15. Now if you used Window Maker you would have stability as it has not changed in years and probably never will. So any customization's you make will stay with you forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 5/3/2023 at 1:13 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Nah... I don't have any issues with Slackware 15 itself (the OS), but the newest version of Xfce has some changes that I definitely do NOT like... "client side decorations". *https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.16/roadmap/general_ui/csd It's UGLY as H3LL, in my opinion and doesn't allow me to customize as I normally would. That's been my one major reason for not upgrading to Slackware 15. And yes, I know I'll probably have to bite the bullet and do it, eventually. Why not just swap out the window manager (XFWM4?) for something else more to your preference? Openbox, Fluxbox, PekWM, or maybe even Window Maker? As far as I know, ALL of them will allow your preferences to be copied forward through config files. It's Linux....you're allowed to change the defaults brother! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 16 minutes ago, Hedon James said: or maybe even Window Maker? After years of promoting Window Maker I finally have success. Another person is promoting it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Hedon James said: Why not just swap out the window manager Old and lazy. Don't want to tinker with feces like this anymore. I just like it when I click the On button and everything works. I don't like change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 21 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Old and lazy. Don't want to tinker with feces like this anymore. I just like it when I click the On button and everything works. I don't like change. I hear ya on that. Nothing is more irritating to me than getting my 'puter EXACTLY how I want it, only for an update or upgrade to "break" something or outright remove it. I was a hardcore Gnomie until they started "removing" things that I wanted, without asking what I wanted. That smacks of Microsoft, IMO, and I left MS for that reason. I guess nothing is 100% future proof, but sometimes you gotta say "i'm going to do this ONE more time, so that i don't have to do it ever again?!" My Fluxbox config hasn't changed in about 10+ years, even though my version did get bumped from 1.3.5 to 1.3.7, before reverting back to 1.3.5 on current Debian 10 stable. I'll soon have to upgrade my system to Debian 11, and then probably 12, which I suspect will pull my Fluxbox to version 1.3.7 again. But I've been using the same Fluxbox config pretty much since the beginning. I did a lot of tweaks in the beginning, finding out what I like, but I haven't tweaked it in at least 7+ years now. I suspect Openbox, PekWM, and WM are in that same boat as Flux....supremely stable and fully featured already, so no need to rapidly evolve and increment the versions. FWIW... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Yeah, my GNU/Linux adventure started out with Ubuntu and Gnome. I really liked it. Shortly thereafter, though, I became the Slacker I am. Slackware did not support Gnome, so for a short while, I ran a non-Slackware-approved Gnome substitute, but the folks who created/supported it moved on and that was the end of that. I then started using KDE (at Bruno's suggestion). I really liked KDE... it was very customizable and stable. Unfortunately, some time back (after v3.15, I believe) KDE became a giant over-bloated, complicated pile of horse manure. That was the end of my KDE desktop daze. Went to Xfce, liked it very much due to its simplicity and Gnome-like appearance. Unfortunately, changes have been made lately that I don't care for. Feces occurs... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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