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Saturday, 31 March 2012

Hell Freezes Over in Slackware Current

Posted on 16:01 by clener
The 'Current' development branch in Slackware hasn't moved for a while. Almost a year after the last stable Slackware the repositories are still on KDE 4.5.5 and Xfce 4.6.2, and here's why! The Benevolent dictator for life has finally had enough.
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Friday, 23 March 2012

A New Appreciation for Puppy

Posted on 13:47 by clener
It's been around five months since my first contact with and review of Puppy in its latest Slacko incarnation 5.3. Since then it has worked quite nicely and I found myself booting more and more often into it although I've got several nice systems installed. Shortly after my review maintenance release 5.3.1 came out and this week it was time for an upgrade.
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Monday, 19 March 2012

Slackware Derivatives: The Superb Mini Server Project

Posted on 04:00 by clener
SMS, short for Superb Mini Server, is one of those niche distributions built on a major that are not really needed but fulfill a particular purpose and might save you time if what they offer is exactly what you want. SMS is built from Slackware and provides a ready to go server setup with many additional useful packages and tools pre-installed. Slackware itself of course makes a fine server, but SMS has a few more tricks up its sleeve.
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Sunday, 4 March 2012

News from the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona

Posted on 06:45 by clener
Normally I'm not too keen on all the latest gadgets. I still don't even own a smart phone and am using a 'traditional' LG mobile I bought for £9.95 instead. It does all I need, so I'm certainly not an early adopter. However, this years Mobile World Congress brings some interesting developments, and as somebody interested in computing and related technology in general it's hard not to get excited.
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