Pale Moon browser removed from my repository
I have removed my contributed build of the Pale Moon browser from my package repository. The reason? Primarily the attitude of its developers. The main developer is ridiculing Slackware. When working...
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Patreon account for Patrick Volkerding’s Slackware
Hi Slackware supporters, fans and users. Patrick Volkerding has confirmed on LinuxQuestions.org that the Patreon account “slackwarelinux” is actually his. Everybody who wanted to support Slackware...
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Chromium 78 for Slackware
This week, Google released the first 78 version in the “stable” channel of their Chromium sources – the basis of Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi and even the Edge browsers, and of course the Chromium...
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Using Let’s Encrypt to Secure your Slackware webserver with HTTPS
In the ‘good old days‘ where everyone was a hippy and everyone trusted the other person to do the right thing, encryption was not on the table. We used telnet to login to remote servers, we transferred...
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Libre Office 7 packages for Slackware-current
New! LibreOffice 7.0.0 was released last week and I built packages for Slackware-current. The release announcement gives a concise overview of the new features and enhancements all over the board –...
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Chromium 88 removes Flash support
I uploaded a set of chromium packages to my repository today. Chromium 88.0.4324.96 sources were released two days ago. The release notes on the Google Chrome Releases Blog mention 36 security fixes...
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Windows 96, wtf?
Tonight I played a bit with Windows 96. Errrrr… Wait. There was nothing between 95 and 98, right? Right. Mikesoft Windows 96 is a seriously fun effort to re-create classic MS Windows inside your...
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Steam client update, also fresh Wine, QEMU, MinGW-w64
It was already a while ago that I refreshed my ‘steamclient‘ package for Slackware. The steamclient package is meant to bootstrap the installation of Valve’s Steam gaming platform on your Slackware...
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Chromium 100 available
The Chromium version has reached a triple-digit number: I have uploaded new packages for Chromium 100 (Slackware 14.2 and newer, 32bit as well as 64bit). Specifically it is the release 100.0.4896.60...
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Slackware Cloud Server Series, Episode 7: Decentralized Social Media
Hi all! It has been a while since I wrote an episode for my series about using Slackware as your private/personal ‘cloud server’. Time for something new! Since a lot of people these days are looking...
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