E17 and xscreensaver
Posted: 2014-02-09 Filed under: desktop | Tags: e17, electricsheep, enlightenment, xscreensaver 1 CommentI decided to try E17 on my multimedia PC. I have built Enlightenment from SBo, but there were some glitches. In stead, I decided to give Slacke17 a try. Read the rest of this entry »
32bit GTK2 dialogs on a Slackware x86_64 -multilib system
Posted: 2013-12-30 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: dialogues, GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL, GLib-GObject-CRITICAL, Gtk-WARNING, GTK2, multilib Leave a commentI made my Slackware64 14.1 multilib. Programs that are 32bit run fine, including the non static Skype from SBo. However, the GTK2 file open dialogues of 32bit programs like Adobe Reader and KompoZer did not display any icons. Read the rest of this entry »
Skype on pure Slackware64
Posted: 2013-12-24 Filed under: desktop, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: custom location, multilib, skype, x86_64 12 CommentsIf the only 32bit program you need is Skype, you probably do not want to “contaminate” your 64bit Slackware with a compat32 layer and replace your stock gcc-* and glibc-* just for it. Well, there’s a solution to this. Read the rest of this entry »
Murrine 32-bit on Slackware64 -multilib
Posted: 2013-11-17 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: 32bit, compat, murrine Leave a commentI’ve been happily using Slackware64 14.1 -multilib for a week and the system is just great. I installed Skype from SlackBuilds.org and it behaves. I wanted it to use my current GTK2 theme, which uses the murrine engine. So, in stead of converting a 32bit package, I decided to just compile the murrine engine as a 32bit program. Read the rest of this entry »
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