A quick look at Slackware Linux (13.37) Part 1

Okay maybe not so quick look xD. Had to cut it into two parts and I'm sorry if I ramble a bit, never really done a screencast before so it's all new to me, but I figured I might as well start. Comments, and tips etc welcome.

Slackware: http://slackware.com

Good Slackware install guide (outdated but same principles): http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/install_slackware_1.html

XFCE Ambience theme: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Ambiance+theme+for+XFCE+%28with+xfwm4%2...

Slackware handbook: http://www.slackbook.org/

Clarification: I forgot to mention (not to mention run out of time) Slackpkg, which is another inbuilt program for remotely fetching binary packages. I personally just use Slackbuilds.org...it's not the only way of doing things.
http://www.slackpkg.org/

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[JakeB1911]

anyone else notice the cpu usage?

[ElderSnake90]

@JakeB1911 LOL, was 69% for a while there. And if you weren't referring to that and were meaning it seems a bit high...well I was running screen recording and encoding it on the fly (with FFmpeg) so it would take quite a bit of CPU work.

[HomeInventors]

why does this look like ubuntu?

[ElderSnake90]

@HomeInventors Simply because, at the time, I was running XFCE with an ubuntu theme :P So Ambiance for the window borders etc.

I could have left it as stock standard XFCE but it would have been pretty ugly.

[lostzinzthought]

As for the release cycle - there isn't one per say, they make sure it works and is ready before they release anything.

[ElderSnake90]

@lostzinzthought Which sounds good to me. I always see in Ubuntu especially, those bugs it seems to have after it's released. Fast forward some months and I'm sure they get ironed out but it seems on a strict 6 month release cycle it's hard to make sure everything is just right.

[ElderSnake90]

@canadianbootz ffmpeg -f alsa -i pulse -f x11grab -r 30 -s $(xwininfo -root | grep 'geometry' | awk '{print $2;}') -i :0.0 -acodec pcm_s16le -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast -threads 0 -y output.mkv

[drats34]

@TheHugeTuber

Windows= Gamming

Mac OS X= Video/Photography

Linux= Hacking and Everything Else

[gerzamudio]

@eddoeco Changing to Slackware -current is as simple as editing your mirrors file. Open up /etc/slackpkg/mirrors with any editor and you'll see a lot of URLs with different sections - Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, etc. Look for whichever says "Slackware current" and choose the URL of the mirror that is closest to you. Remove the # next to the URL and save the file. Run slackpkg update as root, then run slackpkg upgrade-all. Choose which packages you want to update and you're done.

[gerzamudio]

@dvamateur Automatic package management does not come with Slackware because the creator believes the OS should stay out of your way as much as possible. You can use "slapt-get" which is an APT-like system for package management. I highly recommend you use Slackbuilds instead. You download the source of the package, download the Slackbuild script to build a package out of it, then install it with installpkg. I haven't used slapt-get but if you need any Slackbuilds help let me know.

[dvamateur]

I haven't used Slackware since the olden days, like 1996 or something, but I am interested in going back. I use Ubuntu at the moment, and I love Cinelerra, anyway, my questions is, is the installation on Slackware also as easy as Ubuntu 's "sudo apt-get install" or that way of installation is the Debian thing? Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but I had a long hiatus in using Linux (maybe for a good reason 'cause I've been into Atari ST and 1990 Macintosh through all that time :)

[eddoeco]

Hey guys how can I get Slackware current? I read some about mirrors and slackpkg but I just can't understand. I'm in Mexico and use Slackware 13.37.

Thanks in advance.

[NewKeepSharing31]

I like ubuntu appereance :D