The reality is that since most of slackware s core concepts change very slowly, documentation that is five years old is often still relevant. Slackware comes with programs for all your package management needs. Slackware current is the development tree and not a rolling release. The book is only so so, i support the slackware project but, the book glances over so many. No longer just the domain of computer geeks, slackware linux 7. The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Alien pastures my thoughts on slackware, life and everything. Caldera, etc but ive always kept slackware as my workhorse distro. And so, yesterday there was another version upgrade, and i built the new chromium packages for slackware 14.
Has anyone managed to get the slackware live edition to work from a. He owns and manages mind over media, an electronic publishing venture. From what i have seen, an ideal book for me would cover system administration, configuration files, kernel compilation, security, network, shell, gawk, editors and of course all of the fun stuff like setting up mail servers, windows managers, etc. This new release will differ in one major way yet continue to offer the availability and reliability that slackware has become known for. Were progressing on the new slackbook and have finally settled on a license, the. The oldest active linux distro, slackware turns 25. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a handy reference. It is designed to be stable, secure, and functional as both a highend server and powerful workstation. After reading this book, you should be prepared to use slackware linux for your daily work, and more than that. Frugalware linux is a generalpurpose linux distribution designed for intermediate users who are familiar with commandline operations. Because the book tries to cover so much ground, it inevitably ends up seeming shallow in any. The distribution started as a community remix of slax, another slackware based live cd, with kde 3 as the default desktop for the i486 edition and a strippeddown kde 4 as. Slackware has been the best gnulinux and many distro have forked from it.
Openaddict not so much slackware, but admin seems to be. So far its been a long and grueling project with lots of struggles as we all have jobs and other volunteer work, and lets face it, documentation isnt fun. The part that is the same is that slackware continues to grow into a filesystemcompliant, easytoinstall linux package that offers a very large assortment of programs. Linux programming combines the latest release of slackware linux with a slew of programming tools needed by any. If you truly want to become an expert, consider reading the the rute book. My first distro was also redhat and i also got it from a book. Computers running versions of linux including red hat linux 5. The guidance on setting up the linux operating system discards alternative ways on doing so by mentioning other techniques in passing. If you want to be able to read it online, you may want to visit the slackbook website. Once current is considered stable then rc are released to the faithful too test and burn so a stable can be released to the public. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a. Since slackware can be somewhat difficult to setup, especially for the beginner.
Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live cdusb medium based on slackware linux. Early versions were based on slackware, but it is now an independently developed distribution. The slackware linux operating system is a powerful platform for intelbased computers. It makes as few modifications as possible to software packages from upstream and tries not to anticipate use cases or preclude user decisions. If you find a stalebroken link or errors please report to. This book is designed to get you started with the slackware linux operating system. Slackware linux essentials, 2nd edition updated edition. If you use the slackware uk services on a regular basis, and would like to make a continuing patronage towards the ongoing running costs and in support of the slackware uk service, please use the patreon page to sign up patreons receive special benefits for their support. It addresses people who have little or no gnu linux experience, and covers the slackware linux installation, basic gnulinux commands and the configuration of slackware linux. Ill see if i can determine what programs are missing to run the iso2usb. But oracle changed the redistribution license so that slackware just like all other distributions was no longer permitted to ship these java binaries as part of the distribution.
Slackware is so generic as a unix workalike operating system that one can as often as. Its free, and one of the best books available on administrating linux. Another handy feature of using software packages is that it is very easy to remove and upgrade them, if you so desire. So far its been a long and grueling project with lots of struggles as we all. Slackware is a linux distribution created by patrick volkerding in 1993. Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity and to be the most unixlike linux distribution. If you have a question about linux, ask a slackware user. Security advisories faq book general info get slack install help configuration packages. And this is a remarkable feat since it is a project borne off the efforts of one man patrick volkerding. New users may be concerned that a lot of slackware documentation hasnt been updated in years although the regulars of the alt. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
Alpine alt linux arch linux centos debian fedora kaos mageia mint openmandriva opensuse openwrt pclinuxos slackware solus ubuntu. As books on the use and administration of slackware go, slackware linux basics is the next one to read. Slackware linux unleashed wraps up with capsule documentation of many utilities, productivity applications, and games. The previous thread has gotten quite long, so its a good time to start a new one. The slackware lq suggestions links for linux slackers. So i tried to make a slackbuild script to package a newer version of driver for tablets made. Frugalware uses the pacman package management system from arch linux. Greg harvey is a veteran computer trainer and author who has written nearly 50 computer books. You may also want to buy a printed copy, in that case please visit the slackware store. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. This book aims to provide an introduction to slackware linux. However, the package md5 sums and gpg signatures are intended to be served directly from this site, so you should have an added layer of trust that the. The official guide to slackware linux, the slackware linux essentials, has been recently revised. This website is the home of the revised slackware book project the project.
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