Episode 2:19: Cut Us Some Slack

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 Banter The Framwork Laptop (https://frame.work) Slackware Linux (http://slackware.com/) Leadership: Patrick J. Volkerding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_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 Fast Links SlackDocs (https://docs.slackware.com/start) SlackBuilds (http://slackbuilds.org) LinuxQuestions - Slackware Forum Section (https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14) The Packages (https://packages.slackware.com) Live Slackware thanks to Alien BOB (https://download.liveslak.org) Slackware for ARM (https://arm.slackware.com) About Page (http://www.slackware.com/about/) History WikiPedia Page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware) Release History (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware#Releases) Various ChangeLog, README, CHANGESANDHINTS and ANNOUNCE files on the mirrors (https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/) July 16th, 1993, Slackware was available via Anonymous FTP. (http://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php) Softlanding Linux System (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System) Slackware 2.0 Released (https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2795) Slackware 3.0 (https://web.archive.org/web/20050311213558/http://gus-br.linuxmag.com.br/it/artigos/30-nov-1995.html) Here is a picture of a CD sleeve (in Italian) signed by Patrick for Slackware 96 aka Slackware 3.1 (https://archive.org/details/slack96agosto_4cd) The weird version jump to 7.0 (http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=general#0) Slashdot interview with Patrick (https://slashdot.org/story/00/03/17/1120205/replies-from-slackware-founder-patrick-volkerding) userlocal.com/phorum (https://web.archive.org/web/20020816085044/http://www.userlocal.com/phorum/) interview with The Age in Australia (https://www.theage.com.au/technology/the-linux-distribution-thats-always-in-the-black-20021004-gdfp05.html) Slackware 9.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/9.0.php) Slackware 10.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/10.0.php) Eric Hameleers' (Alien BOB) Slackbuilds begins (http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ChangeLog.txt) Slackware 11.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/11.0.php) Slackware 12.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.0.php) Slackware 13.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/13.0.php) Eric Hameleers interview with Linux Magazine (https://web.archive.org/web/20100720001002/http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7502) Alien BOB's presentation at T-Dose (http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tdose2009/t-dose-slackware.pdf) The video to go with it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh2eah5L4b8) Slackware 14.0 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/14.0.php) Slackware 14.1 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/14.1.php) Slackware 14.2 (http://www.slackware.com/announce/14.2.php) Slackware for ARM (https://arm.slackware.com/) Slackware 15.0 is released (http://www.slackware.com/announce/15.0.php) Good nuggets in the changelog (https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-15.0/ChangeLog.txt) Some other links Eric Hameleers - Alien BOB's page (http://www.slackware.com/~alien/) Patrick Volkerding's page (http://www.slackware.com/~volkerdi/) Slackware Documentary made in 2019 (https://youtu.be/nhSHH8pY6uw) Slackware Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux/overview) Configuring SBo for current (https://github.com/Ponce/slackbuilds/wiki/configuring-the-current-repository-with-sbopkg) A helpful blog post for SBo (https://blog.jeaye.com/2015/07/09/sbopkg/) Housekeeping Slackware ARM Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabC1NZDGA3FZXf2hQ-6uyA) Email us - contact@linuxuserspace.show Linux User Space Discord Server (https://linuxuserspace.show/discord) Our Matrix room (https://linuxuserspace.show/matrix) Support us at Patreon (https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace) Join us on Telegram (https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/LinuxUserSpace) Watch us on YouTube (https://linuxuserspace.show/youtube) Our latest social platform reddit (https://linuxuserspace.show/reddit) Check out our website https://linuxuserspace.show App Focus lsd This episode's app: * lsd (https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd) * Note Nerd Fonts are helpful (https://www.nerdfonts.com) Next Time With us trying out Slackware Linux for this past month, that means our next show will be topic based. 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