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^ I haven't actually ever set up multilib in Slackware, as there is nothing I use that requires it (don't use Skype and whatnot). I understand it's best to follow Alien Bob's (Eric Hameleers) tutorial:

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/

Other info:

http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:multilib
http://multilibpkg.sourceforge.net/documentation.html

^ I might give Slack a reinstall and play around with that a bit. Sounds fun :) IIRC, there were plans for a Slack-based BBQ release. I don't know if I will wait for that, or if I will directly jump into a Slackware install.

Jump. :)

bones wrote:

tenkainen wrote:Though lately I've developed a taste for Slackware, or Salix. But as far as I can see, Conkeror is going to be a pain in the nether region...

This might help, although I haven't tried it yet, myself:

https://github.com/jollheef/main/blob/m ... SlackBuild

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Dr_Chroot wrote:^ I might give Slack a reinstall and play around with that a bit. Sounds fun :) IIRC, there were plans for a Slack-based BBQ release. I don't know if I will wait for that, or if I will directly jump into a Slackware install.

it's existing, check our releases list ;)

http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1451

here it is :)

^ :facepalm: I now faintly remember seeing this. Thanks, mb! :D I will probably toss it on when I have some extra time... for now I am spending my "play time" working with my bar config to get mpd piping through it how I want it with a Bitcoin ticker and perhaps a USD-EUR currency ticker too (?) Fun stuff :)

Hopping as we speak.
-H

A bit off topic really, what I have installed and boot up once in while to du and "feel up" :)

"Waldorf" (waiting for replacement)
"Pony Muncher"
"15.04" (Unity)

I have a basic Funtoo installation up and running, spent most of yesterday watching xorg-x11 compiling, putzed around some earlier this morning x-less with tmux.

And I have to say, although the process has certainly been educational and interesting, I just can't see any clear advantage to doing this over my usual custom (binary) Slackware installation. Or even your basic Debian netinstall, for that matter.

Kinda fun, but I'm thinking it's not really worth it, at the end of the day. Long live Slackware.

I've switched to Slackware completely now, both on my laptop that has had it for a while and my desktop not long after the new year. I had been considering moving from sid to slack on the desktop for a while but what pushed me over was getting some boot errors. Could not figure out where they were coming from after a week of researching and chats on irc and then someone suggested that slackware has very simple and sane boot scripts and I said screw it. I really don't understand why people think this distro is difficult. I mean I've learned a lot, but I have pretty much the exact same setup as before and I *am* a gamer that runs steam and therefore 32 bit libs. Performance has been great, and the computer is predictable.

^ I don't get the "difficult" thing with Slackware, either. I find it very simple and easy to understand. Would love to see a scrot of your setup, PPM.

I find Slackware easier than Arch, really.

Here's some scrots for you. At least in XFCE. That's my full blown go to if I'm doing a mix of work, gaming, etc. (It really sucks when I'm gaming and I accidentally hit a key combination for my launcher or the like if I'm in i3). As I said, if I'm really just focusing on work, then it's i3. I also play around with qtile. So I have a 16:9 for gaming in front of me, and a 5:4 to my right which is easier for reading documents. It seems that when I use pentadactyl on firefox, the list of websites it is suggesting from my history extend below the 16:9 screen.

And I just found a typo thanks to posting this. The BBQ wins again.

Nice looking shots, I know I hate it when my gaft density is severely limited :}

Nice shots, PhiloPolyMath. And a TeX user, very cool.

Yeah, if people thought this guy was going to try and write a couple hundred page dissertation with Word they are crazy. I can't even imagine trying to format that beast correctly. Between latex with bibtex and libreoffice with zotero I can write anything and cite it with ease, all using free and open source software. Great thing is the university has a latex template that I can use that has all the correct formatting already set. All I have to do is throw the words, images, and citations together. Although, I probably need to stop the all nighter writing sessions since I've found another typo! Oh well, that's what editing is for.

I suppose isopropanol homopolymers not in a lot of spell checkers.
BTW: isopropanol -> carisoprodol in my spell checker, WTF is that, some drug?

PhiloPolyMath wrote:Great thing is the university has a latex template that I can use that has all the correct formatting already set. All I have to do is throw the words, images, and citations together.

Now that is incredible.