app_texlive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

TexLive Setup The recommended TeX distribution is TeXLive. * Download from here * get Unix Installer * extract path: /home/share/tool/texlive * Execute ./install-tl -gui * install path: /home/share/tool/texlive/YYYY (currently, YYYY=2020) * select basic, then customize (e.g. lang:en, graphics, math, etc.)

dev1_1install

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-09T22:19:24+00:00

Devuan Installations My Devuan installation notes. Latest Devuan Installation 202204100749 Using Devuan Chimaera DVD ISO (dd onto USB) -> UEFI boot! Note: If using netinstall or CD1 some firmware may not be available - which is a problem if using WiFi module.

dev1_2setup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-27T05:17:39+00:00

Devuan Setups These depends on my need when using that particular machine. * using virtualbox from oracle (just like my slackware setup) * using texlive (install using tlmgr) * alternatively, install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-science * install freecad kicad openscad (project stuffs)

dev1_3manage

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-05T02:44:33+00:00

Devuan Management Some are applicable to any APT-based distro. Note: To remove translations, $ cd /etc ; echo "Acquire::Languages { \"none\"; };" > apt/apt.conf.d/99translation ; cd - >/dev/null Note: To automatically update system essentials, $ apt install unattended-upgrades ; dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades

dev1_5issues

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-05T02:41:49+00:00

Devuan Issues Issues... and maybe fixes (if any). Image Magick's convert error I found an error when using image magick's convert to create EPS from fig that provides this message: convert-im6.q16: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `EPS' @error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/421

dev1_9notes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-05T02:47:38+00:00

Extra Notes Some things to note... Using Wine on Devuan Setup Wine (as root): * enable multiarch * install wine and winetricks # apt install wine wine32 winetricks Configure Wine (as user): * if required, remove previous settings $ rm -rf $HOME/.wine

devuan

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-05T02:48:31+00:00

Devuan Experience Personal notes on using Devuan. Installing Devuan My Devuan installation notes. Latest Devuan Installation 202204100749 Using Devuan Chimaera DVD ISO (dd onto USB) -> UEFI boot! Note: If using netinstall or CD1 some firmware may not be available - which is a problem if using WiFi module.

linux_desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Linux Desktop Some usage tips and fixes for Linux Desktop Environment(s) JWM stuff dumped... jwm mask modifier - mod key map can be checked using xmodmap -pm My last used config - requires xdgmenumaker (getslackbuild) st -g 110x35 rox geany_space

linux_shell

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Linux Shell Useful command-line stuff. Raw Disk Data Using dd $ dd if=ifile of=ofile skip=offs count=size status=progress where skip and count values are in sector counts. - note on byte-size & sector size (for 512-bytes sector size) 01M: 1048576byte @ 000002048sect 01G: 1073741824 @ 002097152 10G: 10737418240 @ 020971520 50G: 53687091200 @ 104857600 80G: 85899345920 @ 167772160

linux_system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-29T05:17:01+00:00

Linux System Notes Useful notes on Linux systems. Linux Kernel Kernel-related stuffs. Intel Motherboard On startup, got a kernel warning regarding a firmware bug, TSC_DEADLINE disabled... or something similar. The required 'fix' is to install intel-microcode

linux_usetips

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Linux Usage Tips Some useful things to know in Linux. DNS Privacy Dumped public/free dns: dns.quad9.net 9.9.9.9 149.112.112.112 2620:fe::fe 2620:fe::9 Recursive DNS Server Addresses and Features - Service based configuration: Recommended: Malware Blocking, DNSSEC Validation (this is the most typical configuration) IPv4 9.9.9.9 149.112.112.112 IPv6 2620:fe::fe 2620:fe::9 HTTPS https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query TLS tls://dns.quad9.net Secured w/ECS: Malware blocking, DNSSEC Validation, E…

linux

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-05T02:48:56+00:00

Linux Experience This page is about my experience using Linux in general, mostly Slackware. I have also started setting up Devuan for my family to use. Slackware Personal notes on using Slackware. Some old notes have been archived. Do note that Slackware has a great documentation site. Getting Slackware

slack_0get

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Getting Slackware The official way to do this is, of course, to get it from slackware.com. Personally, I have getslack, a bash script based on (more accurately, a trimmed-down version of) the excellent (he termed it infamous) mirror-slackware-current.sh by Alien Bob. When going down this path, the next step would be to prepare the installation media.

slack_1current

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Using Slackware-current This is actually NOT recommended for beginners. But, sometimes, the need to use the latest software is unavoidable and this COULD be a solution. Plus, this will add a LOT of COOL-points 8-) 8-) 8-) Note: I have removed a section on DE-less installation since my current Slackware installations ARE, in fact, DE-less.

slack_1release

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

MY Slackware Install Installation notes (i.e. packages, configs). LastUpdated20250112 Basic Install Using Slackware installer. * official packages (getslack) * checkout my getslack config file * without kde (AND xfce if going DE-less) * removepkg gnuchess xaos xsnow

slack_1repo

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-09T22:19:24+00:00

Configurations for Slackware-related scripts These are what I use on my Slackware machines. getslack # repo selection RSYNCURLROOT="mirrors.kernel.org::slackware/" #RSYNCURLROOT="slackware.nl::mirrors/slackware/" #RSYNCURLROOT="us.slackware.nl::mirrors/slackware/" # fix it here SLACKROOT="/home/share/slackware" # allow VERS to be overridden at command line VERS=${VERS:="15.0"} # include info for extra packages INCLUDES="$INCLUDES --include=extra/ --include=extra/PACKAGES.TXT" #INCLUDES="$INC…

slack_2chroot

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware in chroot 20110621 I want to have a 32-bit system running in chroot environment on my Slackware64. I've used such system on Debian using schroot... 20110906 I managed to do this as published here... 20120518 Minor change to the fstab entry for dev, which needs an rbind option so that the pty inside can be valid! Discussed

slack_2multilib

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Multilib Main references are here and here. * Basically, need to have C library and compiler capable of multilib. I use getslackpack to download required packages from Eric's multilib site. Install as instructed. * I already have a 32-bit Slackware tree downloaded using

slack_3upgrade

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Upgrade For reference. Upgrading 14.1 to 14.2 A bash shell script I used to upgrade from 14.1 to 14.2. #!/bin/bash # - upgrade 14.1 to 14.2 SLACKVERS="14.2" # setup path to slackware tree SLACKROOT=${SLACKROOT:="$(pwd)"} [ -z "$SLACKARCH" ] && [ -n "$ARCH" ] && SLACKARCH=$ARCH SLACKARCH=${SLACKARCH:="$(uname -m)"} SLACKSUFX=${SLACKSUFX:=""} [ "$SLACKARCH" == "x86_64" ] && SLACKSUFX="64" SLACKFULL=${SLACKFULL:="slackware${SLACKSUFX}"} [ -z "$SLACKVERS" ] && [ -n "$RELEASE" ] && SL…

slack_4app

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Application Running applications (@software) on Slackware... most are applicable to all distributions. 'Hidden' Application There are a couple (a few?)of applications that I thought have great features but relatively unknown (I only knew about them after looking for specific solution). Here they are:

slack_4desktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Desktop Little tips for better Slackware desktop experience. Most of these can be used in other Linux distributions as well. Mplayer (gmplayer) runs without video window Double-clicking in file manager (Thunar) shows no video (audio is ok, so program is running). Running mplayer from command line is fine. Turns out gui version is gmplayer - running from console shows this error message

slack_4system

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-04-18T03:29:59+00:00

Slackware System Useful system level notes. Listing Packages Simply list files in /var/log/packages (path is actually a link to /var/lib/pkgtools/packages/). # ls -l /var/log/packages/ List full package name (with version) only # for that in $(ls /var/log/packages/) ; do echo $that ; done | sort

slack_5issues

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Issues Issues when running Slackware... Libreoffice * alien_bob's libreoffice cannot run * got unspecified application error * found a fix in lq forum * look for graphic driver used $ lspci -vv | sed -n '/VGA compatible/,/^$/ p'

slack_9notes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Extra Notes Some things to note... 20210620 Slackware's CPU frequency scaling works (checkout rc.cpufreq) - just to remind myself, no need to look into this! Admin-stuff for non-root user To allow non-root users basic admin (poweroff,reboot,etc.), add them to

slack_archive

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Notes Archive Slackware installation and setup has improved tremendously over the years since I first use it circa 2006 (Slackware 11 @ current at that time). Most of the notes I have are no longer needed, so I have decided to move them here for personal archive.

slackware

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-08T03:46:21+00:00

Slackware Experience Personal notes on using Slackware. Some old notes have been archived. Do note that Slackware has a great documentation site. Getting Slackware The official way to do this is, of course, to get it from slackware.com. Personally, I have getslack, a bash script based on (more accurately, a trimmed-down version of) the excellent (he termed it

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