Blog Posts on slackware

Kohana and Slackware – PCRE UTF-8 Support by Lysender's Daily Log Book on Oct 29, 2010It’s been several months that I’m developing on my Slackware box and one of the PHP framework I’m using is Kohana. I was shocked that when I run the Kohana install test, my system did not pass the requirements. It … Continue r...

Slackware and Eclipse PDT by Lysender's Daily Log Book on Sep 1, 2010When I first used Eclipse PDT in Slackware 13.0 it works out of the box. However, after frequent updates to Slackware Current branch it crashes often that makes it unusable. According to the discussion in LinuxQuestions.org it was caused by … C...

Slackware and Eclipse PDT by Lysender's Daily Log Book on Sep 1, 2010When I first used Eclipse PDT in Slackware 13.0 it works out of the box. However, after frequent updates to Slackware Current branch it crashes often that makes it unusable. According to the discussion in LinuxQuestions.org it was caused by … C...

Switching from KDE to XFCE by Lysender's Daily Log Book on Jun 24, 2010I’ve been a KDE user ever since I learn Linux, from SuSE to Slackware then to OpenSuSE and back to Slackware. That was before I ever use Linux exclusively for doing work but now that I have my own computer, … Continue reading →...

Switching from KDE to XFCE by Lysender's Daily Log Book on Jun 24, 2010I’ve been a KDE user ever since I learn Linux, from SuSE to Slackware then to OpenSuSE and back to Slackware. That was before I ever use Linux exclusively for doing work but now that I have my own computer, I got the first hand experience for L...

Compiling Linux Kernel and Modules by on Jun 3, 2010Slackware 13.1 was released and I’m one of the not so happy people since the kernel it ships 2.6.33.4 does not work on my laptop. I’m currently running kernel 2.6.33.2 and eventually lost the source code. I already have compiled a linux k...

Compiling Linux Kernel and Modules by on Jun 3, 2010Slackware 13.1 was released and I’m one of the not so happy people since the kernel it ships 2.6.33.4 does not work on my laptop. I’m currently running kernel 2.6.33.2 and eventually lost the source code. I already have compiled a linux k...

Slackware 13.1 Released by on May 26, 2010Finally, after almost a year of waiting, Slackware 13.1 has been released. I’ve been always a fan of this Linux distro because of its simplicity, stability and security. My laptop is regularly updated to the slackware current branch and I̵...

Slackware 13.1 Released by on May 26, 2010Finally, after almost a year of waiting, Slackware 13.1 has been released. I’ve been always a fan of this Linux distro because of its simplicity, stability and security. My laptop is regularly updated to the slackware current branch and I̵...

Linux Kernel and Config – Slackware Current by on Apr 15, 2010I’ve been staying updated for the latest Slackware by updating to the slackware current branch. However, I need to blacklist the kernel when it does not work for may hardware. Last night, I fix the problem by building the latest kernel against...