Episode 2:19: Cut Us Some Slack

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0:00 Cold Open
1:44 Framing It Up
8:52 Slackware Preamble
12:59 History of Slackware's History
17:21 Slackware's History
1:13:25 Thoughts on Slackware
1:39:37 App Focus: lsd
1:45:46 Next Time
1:49:58 Stinger

Coming up in this episode

1. Leo picked up a frame
2. Slackware. All the Slackware
3. How we blew up our Slackware
4. And we spruce up the terminal

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Banter

• The Framwork Laptop

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Slackware Linux

• Leadership: Patrick J. Volkerding
• Site: slackware.com
• Base System: Slackware
• Desktop Environment: XFCE, Plasma, etc., etc.
• File Manager: DE defaults
• Package Manager: slackpkg, pkgtool
• Kernel: 5.15.19
• Display Manager: *lightdm, sddm, +, + *
• Display Protocol: X11 and Wayland
• Init System: rc init (BSD style) with SysVinit compatibility

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Fast Links

• SlackDocs
• SlackBuilds
• LinuxQuestions - Slackware Forum Section
• The Packages
• Live Slackware thanks to Alien BOB
• Slackware for ARM
• About Page

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History

• WikiPedia Page
• Release History
• Various ChangeLog, README, CHANGES_AND_HINTS and ANNOUNCE files on the mirrors
• July 16th, 1993, Slackware was available via Anonymous FTP.
• Softlanding Linux System
• Slackware 2.0 Released
• Slackware 3.0
• Here is a picture of a CD sleeve (in Italian) signed by Patrick for Slackware 96 aka Slackware 3.1
• The weird version jump to 7.0
• Slashdot interview with Patrick
• userlocal.com/phorum
• interview with The Age in Australia
• Slackware 9.0
• Slackware 10.0
• Eric Hameleers' (Alien BOB) Slackbuilds begins
• Slackware 11.0
• Slackware 12.0
• Slackware 13.0
• Eric Hameleers interview with Linux Magazine
• Alien BOB's presentation at T-Dose
• The video to go with it
• Slackware 14.0
• Slackware 14.1
• Slackware 14.2
• Slackware for ARM
• Slackware 15.0 is released
• Good nuggets in the changelog

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Some other links

• Eric Hameleers - Alien BOB's page
• Patrick Volkerding's page
• Slackware Documentary made in 2019
• Slackware Patreon page
• Configuring SBo for current
• A helpful blog post for SBo

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App Focus

lsd
This episode's app:

• lsd
• Note Nerd Fonts are helpful

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Next Time

With us trying out Slackware Linux for this past month, that means our next show will be topic based. We have a few topics planned for you and all of them will affect you in the Linux User Space.

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