Slacker 0.7.0 beta-3 released Wiki pages are out :) #Slackware #Linux forge.slackware.nl/rizitis/slac...

If you are an experienced #Slackware user I would really like your help now. On a non-production machine or in a virtual environment with slackware64-current installation (only) try the slacker a slackpkg & slackpkg+ in 1. Written in rust. Testers are needed not to fix bugs but to find them!

Today, the Sun reaches its turning point and sets the schedule for the #XLibre 25.2 series beta. In 25.2.0 we fixed DRI 1.4 detection, improved the Nvidia support, Kdrive X servers, modesetting, and more. Please see the changelog at github.com/X11Libre/xse...

Happy Birthday, FreeBSD! 🎉🎂 Today, we celebrate not only FreeBSD's 33rd anniversary, but also the incredible people who make it possible. Learn more about FreeBSD Day: buff.ly/ETRjUT9 #FreeBSDDay #FreeBSD #OpenSource

19 June 1984. Bob Scheifler announces the first release of the X Window System: "I stole a fair amount of code from W ... and called it X." Forty-two years later, I'm still running X11 daily on Slackware. Happy Birthday, X. Source: www.talisman.org/x-debut.shtml #X11 #Unix #Linux #Slackware

This week's Liberated Screen was kindly provided by the Slackware team member @r1w1s1.bsky.social. In the shot: #Slackware current, Linux 7.0.12, KDE on XLibre. A big thank you to the entire team for including #XLibre in Slackware testing! More #LiberatedScreens at github.com/orgs/X11Libr....

Happy FreeBSD Day! #freebsd #runbsd #freebsdday

#xlibre 1.25.1.7 show the correct version now :)

#KDE is Going #Wayland Only So This New Project Gives You KDE With #X11 itsfoss.com/sonicde-x11-...

The UNIX shell is still one of the best IDEs ever created. grep/find/sed/awk/make/ssh/git/nvi often compose better than many modern “integrated” environments. Small programs connected together still scale surprisingly well. repo.or.cz/code-notes.g... #unix #linux #slackware #vi

#Slackware is the way...

I just pushed an update to SBo for development/lm-studio-bin, updating it to version 0.4.9.1. It looks like newer versions of LM Studio are being tested against GNOME environments, and they seem to conflict with Plasma 5 shortcuts (possibly due to cmd key bindings). #Slackware 1/2 >>

Well you know... ones you go slack never go back. (New installation and system update) #Slackware #Linux

OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250(XY)

China, 2012. Street photography is about presence quiet observation, no interruption. f/8 and be there. #streetphotography #bw #china

Portrait of Toni Morrison Jill Krementz photographer February 13 1974, NYC

Someone posted an old Slackware 2005 setup (KDE 3.3.2, kernel 2.4) and it instantly brought back memories. Before systemd. Before Wayland. Just KDE 3, Konsole, and Slackware doing exactly what you told it to do. 20 years later and the philosophy hasn’t changed. www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/s...

Game of Trees 0.122 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260211061627 #openbsd #got #git #gameoftrees #versioncontrol #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

Just switched to mtm (Micro Terminal Multiplexer) a suckless-style terminal multiplexer that does ONE thing: split panes. No sessions, no bloat, just ~1000 lines of clean C code. slackbuilds.org/repository/1... #slackware

over at $DAYJOB there was a brief scare about the recent notepad++ bug, with lots of whining about corp IT removing the package from laptops. This of course had me hint at saner alternatives such as vi or emacs and derivatives, but no mention of vi is ever complete without this message from Bob […]

Using dmenu as my main UI, not just dmenu_run. Super+Space opens a small menu for apps + system actions. snac.bsd.cafe/r1w1s1/p/176... #dwm #suckless #dmenu #x11 #linux

Slackware isn’t about shortcuts. It’s about understanding the system, from boot to shell. This video explains well why Slackware still matters. youtu.be/pRp1I3OzMEY #slackware

Huge files don’t need better editors. They need better workflows. Shell for inspection, ed for known changes, screen editors only when rewriting is needed. Details: snac.bsd.cafe/r1w1s1/p/176... #unix #cli #vi #ed

Did a pekwm vs evilwm deep-dive on my Slackware system today — full notes here: snac.bsd.cafe/r1w1s1/p/176... #Slackware #X11 #Unix #pekwm #evilwm

Tried bsddialog on my Slackware ThinkPad. Built from gitlab.com/alfix/bsddia... and wired into my tty1 menu -- cleaner layout, better spacing, same TTY. Feels like a real BSD installer, not just “dialog in a box”. #BSD #Slackware #TUI #Unix

Nice to see Game of Trees Hub: Git hosting on OpenBSD + Game of Trees, funded via Open Collective. Small, boring, security-first -- the good kind. gothub.org

Finally got my hands on a ThinkPad X220 😍 Time to start installing Slackware-current and have some fun. #ThinkPad #X220 #Slackware #Linux

This was around the time of my first #FreeBSD install. I was told it was a real OS by my coworker (at the time we were Admins for Solaris and AIX) a few months previous, this same coworker got me to install Gentoo. I stuck with #Slackware until a couple of years ago when I installed FreeBSD 14.2

Slackware 15.0 is often called “outdated,” but the ChangeLog tells a different story. Since release, it has received more than security fixes: core packages still track -current (glibc-zoneinfo, curl, kernel firmware, Mozilla ESR). Slackware 15.0 isn’t frozen — it’s maintained by design. #slackware

[NEW] pass Address Book for mutt Using pass as an encrypted address book for mutt. Aliases are sourced at runtime and encrypted at rest. 4c6e.xyz/code_notes.h... #slackware #mutt #pass #unix

Slackware exists as a moral reference in Linux. Not to be popular — but to remind us what matters. Transparency over abstraction. Stability over novelty. Why it’s loved even when not daily-driven: clear design, no silent changes. yewtu.be/watch?v=R-gJ... #Slackware #Linux #Unix

Progman: X11 WM modeled after Program Manager from the Windows 3 era Discussion

Mutt is not nostalgic -- it’s timeless. Like nvi, ed, mailx, tmux, or Slackware itself. Some tools don’t age. They wait. #Unix #CLI #Mutt #Slackware

Been using evilwm for around 8 months now. Consumes less than 15MB as a window manager, and I genuinely miss nothing from DEs I used in the past. The more you do nerd stuff, the more you don't need things ┐(´ー`)┌

Merry Christmas mates #Slackware #Linux

#slackware #linux #KISS #UNIX www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-gJ...

Why Slackware does things differently and why that’s by design. It's not about being better, it's about being Slackware. Insightful for those who want to understand the design choices under the hood. 👉 4c6e.xyz/code_notes.h... (Understanding Slackware’s Philosophy) #slackware #minimalism

The boxed copies of my Mac software that I sold at VCF Midwest this August had these registration postcards in them I finally got my first reply mailed in, it's a Festivus miracle!

nvi is still one of the fastest editors you can use. No plugins, no distractions -- just classic vi. I put together an nvi Quick Reference: 4c6e.xyz/nvi.html #nvi #unix #linux

Glenda says: “If it’s simple, transparent, and boring… it’s probably Slackware.” #slackware