Slackware Current With Help From Serge 

I started learning linux in 1999 with an old copy of Slackware 1. something. I spent hours and hours and hours running upstairs and downstairs to ask for help on IRC chat on one computer... then take files and whatnot back on a floppy disk to experiment/tinker. It was fun! I would "rice" window maker, enlightenment, fluxbox/openbox, and eventually xfce. I'm having fun watching this!

My first linux distro was Slackware 3.5. Linux was younger and so was I.

I don't know what I was expecting really, but I don't think I was expecting Serge on vid. Awesome:D Serge is a fountain of Linux knowledge for sure. Thanks guys!

Serge ..the oracle of Linux knowledge . Thanks for the info

No matter what distro I hop to, I always come back to Slackware. I've been living in it for about 3-4 years now and can't get away. I've tried going back to Arch, Fedora, Clear and a few other distros but I think I'll forever be a slacker. Long live Slackware

Regarding paying Pat, you might suggest he set up a Venmo account. I always buy the .iso when released, but yeah, it would be cool to donate.

Serge on video..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, :-)

Nice! It's good to see this sort of thing. Not sure if you were sharing your screen Derek. Unsure of what version of Skype you were using but you can share screens now. Might be good to note for possible future remote collaborations, then Serge (or whoever) can see what you see. Great video guys, really enjoyed this one!

Thank you both dt and serge for this education. I live in linux (starting with debian ending on arch) for about 22 years now but never in slack. I am too lazy nowadays to go through the painless install of slack just to get rid of a ton of software that i don't need and doing time to search/download/check dependencies/compile/build/install... for what i want. But for the young. You find great satisfaction through some pain, go for it! ;) ;) ;) gOOD cLEAN lINUX fUN

Great initiative!! This is another example of why I like your channel so much DT, you pay attention to more 'social orientated' subjects as well. And with Serge's help you really can't go wrong ;) Great vid guys!

That is my favorite KDE version!

This video seemed to make Slackware so much more complicated then it needed to be when it came to installing packages. Using slackpkgplus and sbopkg with queue files is more then enough to get packages. much easier.

I was hopping distro every couple of months until I got slackware. Slackware is great.. :)

What is the difference between using FTP or HTTP mirror?

DT how did you know my birthday was coming up soon? An in-depth video on Slackware guided by Serge. Wow, wishes do come true. Wonderful. Thank you both so much. Great stuff! 👍😁

i use slackware as my server/home router.. i modified my init so it loads modules i need automaticly with failsafe i also road a upgrade script for upgradeing if there is a new version. :) so for me slackware was install, write/edit scripts and forget :) i also like slackware becouse it uses rc.d and not the sh** systemd

Parabola next as main OS without proprietary software! :D

Serge is awesome. Very interesting distro. Great episode.

Usually select this mirror as stated in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors is a good idea: # USE MIRRORS.SLACKWARE.COM (DO NOT USE FTP - ONLY HTTP FINDS A NEARBY MIRROR) mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware64-current/ And only if it autoselects something broken (why not?) use another one.

I was in Wal-Mart the other day, and discovered they had Pay Pal prepaid cards, where you load it with the amount of cash you want & use it where Pay Pal is requested. Might be an option for those who want to donate but don't use Pay Pal, or don't have a credit card.

I like slackware, but I've always wondered why it installs so many packages. Yes, I know, dependency tracing yada yada, but why do you need Thunderbird, Geary, and Seamonkey Mail at the same time? Also, not once did Serge even Mention Pkgtool. I feel bad for distrotube.

Got pointed here by Serge. The mystique, the man. Pray for me on my slack journey.

Anyone with an 6th grade reading level can install, use, and improve linux. Who needs these self appointed "experts".

The new camera angle Derek had in this bothered me way more than I'm willing to admit

zipslack and topologilinux...two greatest distros ever made...

i am new to slackware i downloaded the iso 64 bit from distro watch site and i do not get the option to choose the label to partition the hard drive i have tried in legacy bios and uefi bios

Derek and Serge this is a great video. Thank You so much.

Terrific video. For those contemplating Slackdom, it's vital to watch until the end. Installation of Slackware can be a bit of a challenge. But installing new software is the real hurdle. Too much for me...

1:09:25 If you like to suffer, that's a way to go.

After 1 week full of problems with Mandrake, Slackware was my second distribution. There was no happy ending for a noobie.

Thank you Master Serge and Derek for this amazing video!

Great video DT enjoyed watching that, thanks for your knowledge Serge, good to have a face and voice to the mystery typist.

Nice video! There was one major thing i missed: sbopkg This tool will help make the use of slackbuilds.org and building dependencies unbelievably easy. There is a little trick involved in getting it working with slackware-current, but nothing that a little research could not help with. 1, download and install sbogpk from github: github.com/sbopkg/sbopkg 2, switch the repository to the SBo-git repository (that works well with current) 3, bind the directory to version 15 (this is only required for current and only to build the queue files for dependency resolution) mount -o /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo-git /var/lib/sbopkg/SBo/15.0 4, run "sqg -q -j8" this will build the queue files on 8 threads 5, run sbopkg and check the Queue > Load and pick the program you like. Also you could have shown how to configure slackpkg+ and add additional binary package repositories to install software like: - KDE5 - vlc - Handbrake - etc...

couldn't really watch cuz his audio was so bad :/ had to tune him out and wait you to speak to figure out what he was saying

That was absolutely excellent! This will be a great reference for many. I watched it twice myself. Many thanks to both DT and Serge!

Unofficial managers: 1:12:05 For those new to Slackware, or even more "lazy"... or wants it done now.... sbopkg.org/ Just a reminder to add the packages to the installation list in the order you need the dependencies... but make sure you don't already have the programs. There's a program that acts like Debians package manager. Worse case, the absolute last option, you could convert RPM to TGZ.

It's important to realize that part of the Slackware philosophy of "being so big" (I'd suggest a partition size of 20GB or so for a "real" (not VM) install) is to insure everything works well together and far more important to most people, that most important dependencies are already in it making new packages easy with very little time spent manually resolving dependencies. It just works.

Hi DT Really enjoyed your show on looking at Slackware keep up great work!

My first Linux install in 1996 was Slackware on a 486. I was never able to startx. Moving on, Slackware was my unquestionable go to distro well into the late 2000's. It took me a long to time to warm up to new fangled "easy software install" distros. Now I am running MX and will be moving to Solus at some point. I will always have a soft spot for Slackware. While I can see using it on a server, in many respects it fell behind, namely in package management.

Now install Skyrim on Slackware.

Hey Distrohuggers, I have been living in Fedora Rawhide about 50 man-hours now on hardware over the last 6 weeks, or so. ( Not really keeping track ). Today, I updated my install, to the 4.18.0.rc6 kernel along with some Mesa, gstreamer, grub, updates, and lots of dependencies. I am pretty scared to reboot. I really should have made a clone. I will update this post after rebooting ( hopefully not using my Android phone ). Okay, all was well with the update. I think it is safe to say that once Fedora releases an iso of Rawhide with the 4.18 stable kernel that all will be functional. So F29 should be overall in great shape. I am still running lots of flatpaks, and all that seems to be going well. I just don't have enough spare time or Linux knowledge to offer any opinions on the details of things. 4.18.0.rc6 kernel seems to be functional. At this stage, I wonder if it would do any good to do a clean install, or just wait for the Beta release ? I only have 2 annoying bugs, that I know of and they have been consistent and persistent. No wi-fi and super slow login-manger before and after login. It looks like there was a big update to Rawhide today, July 30th, and from what I can tell, it has all the latest wayland stuff.

yeah...!!! only for the brave :)

Nice to see Slackware still kicking around. I'll give the project credit in that they know how to keep things consistent. Watching this is a flash down memory lane, certain things and processes I remember look almost exactly like it did back when I was using around 2000, and while some might find that to be archic, others might find it to be charming. That is the beauty in the freedom given with platforms like linux, if you are satisfied with how things work then you can stick to it for 25 years and remain relatively modern, without having to sweep into new trends. It just might take a bit of extra work, but if I remember Slack users right then they don't mind a bit of work. The only un-charming thing I saw here was KDE4, I would of stuck with my old favorite WindowMaker. :) I definitely do not miss the days of swatting dependencies like sprouting weeds, especially in those days when there wasn't always vast, well managed places to find all of them. That was by far the main reason I had swapped to Gentoo around 2002-2003 and inevitably into Arch a decade later.

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It is great to meet the Linux guru. This was the video I was looking for. Hopefully I can test the Slackware waters with the binaries and move on to package building later. Fantastic stuff. Thanks!

18:25 - you don’t need bootable flag if you install lilo in MBR, do you?

You don't need to be on the internet to install / Also Slackware current is the development version of Slackware its Very stable but will break during its development its not meant for a daily driver even though Some people do use it for one. Also next time use adduser to add a new user much easier... pkgs.org isnt the way to add packages to current.. look into slackpkg+

I just stopped by to say thank you to Serge and Derrick for this as I have been a fan of Slackware for decades, literally. I personally prefer a tried true and stable OS as opposed to a lot of the other distros out here with backdoor software built in to it or available in the repos. Specially if one is concerned about privacy on the web... Thanks guys!

if you want to use WiFi, choose NetworkManager

How current is slack current? Is it it still relatively stable but just not AS stable as normal slack?

The dependencies of the dependencies of the dependencies of the dependencies etc...... Holy cow.

Thanks for the video, help me also to install slackware current on vmware with xfce

Serge is cool. Pozdrawiam!

Very useful video. Please make another one with Serge and Gentoo.

15:35

Looks like an easier install than arch. I didn't expect that.

Sorry i missed it, internet was down my end :(

No disrespect or downtakling... but: 1.2MB/s is fast in your book? it's slow for me :) (seems you also seems troubled with Linux commands, with all the typos and not knowing what to type, e.g. user creation) Still nice video, you two working together.

Why is KDE outdated? lol

Kde4 is the best

Am I right to assume that there is no way to upgrade your whole system with a single command like we are used to then when there is no automatic dependency resolution?

About time Slackware :D

2nd

Salut Serge, Un petit bonjour francophone ;-)

What up

Slackware +1 Serge +1