Tag Archives: slackware current

Being Hit By Slackware Current

Posted on July 27, 2012 by lysender

I use Slackware current at home (2 machines) and also at work. While I have all the luxury of updating to the latest and the greatest software at home (except kernel driver for old laptop) I don’t have such privilege … Continue reading →

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Slackware Current Update – Xorg and 3D stuff are working in my old laptop

Posted on May 6, 2012 by lysender

Yesterday, there was a huge update in Slackware current regarding Xorg packages and its components. It took me an overnight download to sync the Slackware current tree in my machine and applied updates in the morning. Great results so far. … Continue reading →

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Slackware Current Update Breaks digikam

Posted on April 23, 2012 by lysender

More than a week ago or so, there is a huge update on Slackware current which was mostly due to the KDE 4.8.2 release and its friends likde QT. After a successful upgrade, I noticed a thread regarding digikam being … Continue reading →

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KDE 4.8.2 for Slackware Current

Posted on April 16, 2012 by lysender

Yesterday, I noticed a huge update in Slackware current change log. It was a huge update for KDE with version 4.8.2 hits the current branch. After taking come scouting on the forum and the other Slackware people, I synced my … Continue reading →

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Linux Kernel and Config – Slackware Current

Posted on April 16, 2010 by lysender

I’ve been staying updated for the latest Slackware by updating to the slackware current branch. However, I need to blacklist the kernel when it does not work for may hardware. Last night, I fix the problem by building the latest … Continue reading →

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Linux Kernel Pain and Gain – Slackware Linux

Posted on March 16, 2010 by lysender

Last year, I have installed Slackware Linux 13.0 on may laptop. It aims for a rock solid and stable development machine – especially for web development. However, I could not resist to follow what the Slackware community is doing, update … Continue reading →

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Slackware Current – After a long wait

Posted on March 2, 2010 by lysender

The last update for the slackware-current branch was last Jan 31, 2010. After a month of waiting, slackware-current has been updated with bunch of new updates which was the longest in history as far as the ChangeLog.txt entry is concerned. … Continue reading →

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