I have spent the past few days googling books about linux and searching past reddit posts. Frugalware linux is a generalpurpose linux distribution designed for intermediate users who are familiar with commandline operations. Ill see if i can determine what programs are missing to run the iso2usb. It is designed to be stable, secure, and functional as both a highend server and powerful workstation. Because the book tries to cover so much ground, it inevitably ends up seeming shallow in any. The oldest active linux distro, slackware turns 25.
Since slackware can be somewhat difficult to setup, especially for the beginner. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a. 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. The guidance on setting up the linux operating system discards alternative ways on doing so by mentioning other techniques in passing. 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. 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. With a software package, this has already been done for you. Hopefully this will mean a more reliable and faster wiki fredemmott 19.
Slackware package management the revised slackware book. This book aims to provide an introduction to slackware linux. New users may be concerned that a lot of slackware documentation hasnt been updated in years although the regulars of the alt. 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.
If you truly want to become an expert, consider reading the the rute book. 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. 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. Greg harvey is a veteran computer trainer and author who has written nearly 50 computer books. The slackware lq suggestions links for linux slackers. He owns and manages mind over media, an electronic publishing venture. Slackware is so generic as a unix workalike operating system that one can as often as. If you have a question about linux, ask a slackware user. Openaddict not so much slackware, but admin seems to be. No longer just the domain of computer geeks, slackware linux 7. This website is the home of the revised slackware book project the project. 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. Alien pastures my thoughts on slackware, life and everything. 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.
Another handy feature of using software packages is that it is very easy to remove and upgrade them, if you so desire. Slackware is a linux distribution created by patrick volkerding in 1993. Slackware linux is one of the oldest and most widelyused distributions of the peoples operating system. After reading this book, you should be prepared to use slackware linux for your daily work, and more than that. If you find a stalebroken link or errors please report to. Caldera, etc but ive always kept slackware as my workhorse distro. 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 linux essentials, 2nd edition updated edition.
Slackware current is the development tree and not a rolling release. Were progressing on the new slackbook and have finally settled on a license, the. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the. If you want to be able to read it online, you may want to visit the slackbook website.
It just so happens there is a distribution of linux that has largely gone. 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. Slackware linux unleashed wraps up with capsule documentation of many utilities, productivity applications, and games. 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. The slackware linux operating system is a powerful platform for intelbased computers. Slackware used to install a java runtime engine prior to the 14. Has anyone managed to get the slackware live edition to work from a. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a handy reference.
The official guide to slackware linux, the slackware linux essentials, has been recently revised. It uses plain text files and only a small set of shell scripts. Frugalware uses the pacman package management system from arch linux. You may also want to buy a printed copy, in that case please visit the slackware store. So i tried to make a slackbuild script to package a newer version of driver for tablets made. And this is a remarkable feat since it is a project borne off the efforts of one man patrick volkerding. Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live cdusb medium based on slackware linux. My first distro was also redhat and i also got it from a book. Alpine alt linux arch linux centos debian fedora kaos mageia mint openmandriva opensuse openwrt pclinuxos slackware solus ubuntu.
Computers running versions of linux including red hat linux 5. Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity and to be the most unixlike linux distribution. New official slackware linux essentials online book another link to above. It makes as few modifications as possible to software packages from upstream and tries not to anticipate use cases or preclude user decisions. As books on the use and administration of slackware go, slackware linux basics is the next one to read. And so, yesterday there was another version upgrade, and i built the new chromium packages for slackware 14.
Slackware has been the best gnulinux and many distro have forked from it. This book is designed to get you started with the slackware linux operating system. Its free, and one of the best books available on administrating linux. The book is only so so, i support the slackware project but, the book glances over so many. Early versions were based on slackware, but it is now an independently developed distribution. This new release will differ in one major way yet continue to offer the availability and reliability that slackware has become known for. In contrast to most modern linux distributions, slackware provides no graphical installation procedure and no automatic dependency resolution of software packages. Security advisories faq book general info get slack install help configuration packages. So far its been a long and grueling project with lots of struggles as we all. 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. Linux programming combines the latest release of slackware linux with a slew of programming tools needed by any. Slackware comes with programs for all your package management needs. The previous thread has gotten quite long, so its a good time to start a new one.
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