A New Release of Slackware! Worth The Wait? DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Zach
I have an oddball piece of hardware I'm trying to breathe new life into as even Windows XP - which it was built for - is pathetically and debilitatingly slow on it. With 1024MB RAM and 128MB used for video memory, this Fujitsu Lifebook with its Intel -Core Solo- processor i686 as Puppy reports, doesn't have a lot of resources. I need something lightweight enough to make this thing functional (again?) and hopefully somewhat useful.
I was looking at various distros and Slitaz GNU/Linux came up as a possibility. However, as I am a complete and utter Linux NOOB and have no one to mentor me in this whole transition from Windoze to Linux, a lot of things are very new to me and also very unfamiliar to me. And, with so many -easier to use- distros like Ubuntu dropping the 32bit architecture support already or soon, getting closer to being -out of reach- for me for this and certain other aging hardware I want to try to use as long as possible.
This particular laptop -convertible- is a Fujitsu Lifebook P1610. Touch screen, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Lots of stuff for Linux to throw a fit over for hardware support, or just refuse to recognize in its entirety. I've had lost of issues with this in the past - especially Wi-Fi - which caused me to hang up linux for the past 5+ years until recently.
What do you suggest?
Thanks,
Zach
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I have an oddball piece of hardware I'm trying to breathe new life into as even Windows XP - which it was built for - is pathetically and debilitatingly slow on it. With 1024MB RAM and 128MB used for video memory, this Fujitsu Lifebook with its Intel -Core Solo- processor i686 as Puppy reports, doesn't have a lot of resources. I need something lightweight enough to make this thing functional (again?) and hopefully somewhat useful.
I was looking at various distros and Slitaz GNU/Linux came up as a possibility. However, as I am a complete and utter Linux NOOB and have no one to mentor me in this whole transition from Windoze to Linux, a lot of things are very new to me and also very unfamiliar to me. And, with so many -easier to use- distros like Ubuntu dropping the 32bit architecture support already or soon, getting closer to being -out of reach- for me for this and certain other aging hardware I want to try to use as long as possible.
This particular laptop -convertible- is a Fujitsu Lifebook P1610. Touch screen, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. Lots of stuff for Linux to throw a fit over for hardware support, or just refuse to recognize in its entirety. I've had lost of issues with this in the past - especially Wi-Fi - which caused me to hang up linux for the past 5+ years until recently.
What do you suggest?
Thanks,
Zach
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enorbet2
You deserve some serious cred for being open to stream about Slackware 15. You did quite well actually. There are shortcuts and scripts that make life a lot easier in Slackware, especially when first starting up. For example:L Had you typed -adduser DT- instead of -useradd- you would have been prompted for everything a user needs like password and groups, etc. and speaking of which an up arrow brings up a half dozen most commonly used groups with one keystroke. I've been using Slackware as my Main for going on 21 years and the feature I like best is that it doesn't change just for change sake or -new and improved- hype. That way one doesn't have to keep relearning fundamentals and can actually amass experience to grow adept faster and deeper.
Anyway I just wanted to thank you and mention how cool it was to see someone who did enough research to do a truly decent job.
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You deserve some serious cred for being open to stream about Slackware 15. You did quite well actually. There are shortcuts and scripts that make life a lot easier in Slackware, especially when first starting up. For example:L Had you typed -adduser DT- instead of -useradd- you would have been prompted for everything a user needs like password and groups, etc. and speaking of which an up arrow brings up a half dozen most commonly used groups with one keystroke. I've been using Slackware as my Main for going on 21 years and the feature I like best is that it doesn't change just for change sake or -new and improved- hype. That way one doesn't have to keep relearning fundamentals and can actually amass experience to grow adept faster and deeper.
Anyway I just wanted to thank you and mention how cool it was to see someone who did enough research to do a truly decent job.
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FeelingShred
There's an unexplored niche of the market right now which is -Distros focused on FULL compatibility with AMD Ryzen hardware- (in particular laptop APU's which are CPU+GPU in a single chip)
I'm surprised to see so many traditionally performance-focused distros like Manjaro and MX lagging behind on this. It's been a year since I have this Ryzen laptop and I still haven't found a way to reduce/modify clocks in order to keep temps under control. It's insane. Something that my GPU from 2008 could do, these new pieces of disposable gear released nowadays can't do. So frustrating
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There's an unexplored niche of the market right now which is -Distros focused on FULL compatibility with AMD Ryzen hardware- (in particular laptop APU's which are CPU+GPU in a single chip)
I'm surprised to see so many traditionally performance-focused distros like Manjaro and MX lagging behind on this. It's been a year since I have this Ryzen laptop and I still haven't found a way to reduce/modify clocks in order to keep temps under control. It's insane. Something that my GPU from 2008 could do, these new pieces of disposable gear released nowadays can't do. So frustrating
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Bencze
Exciting news. Massive changes! I kept putting off the 14.2 upgrade since a while, surprised to see I can skip it, bah. I will have to make some time to upgrade my home server. I'm super happy they didn't give in to the dark side (yet). Screw the black hole called systemd that swallows everything. Funny they should provide alternative to pulseaudio, nice touch :D
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Exciting news. Massive changes! I kept putting off the 14.2 upgrade since a while, surprised to see I can skip it, bah. I will have to make some time to upgrade my home server. I'm super happy they didn't give in to the dark side (yet). Screw the black hole called systemd that swallows everything. Funny they should provide alternative to pulseaudio, nice touch :D
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ve2cii
I had security issues with 14.2. There was no easy way to fix it since apache/php etc would not compile properly. Since Slackware is no longer actively maintained, I decided to change to Debian. I am now running Debian-11.2. I was one of the very first users of Slackware. It came on a CD and I did not have a CD rom, so I had to install it from 40 floppies.
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I had security issues with 14.2. There was no easy way to fix it since apache/php etc would not compile properly. Since Slackware is no longer actively maintained, I decided to change to Debian. I am now running Debian-11.2. I was one of the very first users of Slackware. It came on a CD and I did not have a CD rom, so I had to install it from 40 floppies.
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Ludwigvan
Slackware was my first Linux experience, but was a pain to install and configure around 1993. Last version I installed was Slack 7. It is one of the distributions that still adheres to the sysV init and not use systemd. I recently discovered MX Linux that also uses sysV for similar philosophical reasons, but has systemd compatibility.
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Slackware was my first Linux experience, but was a pain to install and configure around 1993. Last version I installed was Slack 7. It is one of the distributions that still adheres to the sysV init and not use systemd. I recently discovered MX Linux that also uses sysV for similar philosophical reasons, but has systemd compatibility.
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David
My first distro was Yggdrasil. Then I used Slackware, purchased at various computer shows through the years in those huge CD packs. My last regular load was Redhat 8, IIRC. I did grab the X86 version of Solaris at one point to play with. I'll have to get This version of Slackware and put it on one of my old laptops to play with.
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My first distro was Yggdrasil. Then I used Slackware, purchased at various computer shows through the years in those huge CD packs. My last regular load was Redhat 8, IIRC. I did grab the X86 version of Solaris at one point to play with. I'll have to get This version of Slackware and put it on one of my old laptops to play with.
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Christopher
wow typical american thinking....-we are the center of the world- -here in america we have groundhog day-........fyi you are not the only country that does this and btw ....they do not pull the groundhog out of his hole........they wait for him to emerge and film it.
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wow typical american thinking....-we are the center of the world- -here in america we have groundhog day-........fyi you are not the only country that does this and btw ....they do not pull the groundhog out of his hole........they wait for him to emerge and film it.
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Ricardo
I use to use Slackware. And the only reason I stopped. Was because I got tired of updating my packages. I had a custom setup. Which is the staying power of Slackware. Patrick leaves a lot of comments in the install scripts. To where you can fork your own Slackware.
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I use to use Slackware. And the only reason I stopped. Was because I got tired of updating my packages. I had a custom setup. Which is the staying power of Slackware. Patrick leaves a lot of comments in the install scripts. To where you can fork your own Slackware.
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Kevin
Thanks for this video, it's a good walk through of how to get up and running, particularly for those of us who are used to distros that boot directly to the GUI and have created a user during the installation process. Nice to see how to do those steps manually.!
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Thanks for this video, it's a good walk through of how to get up and running, particularly for those of us who are used to distros that boot directly to the GUI and have created a user during the installation process. Nice to see how to do those steps manually.!
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