GitHub direct download links
Posted: 2022-10-31 Filed under: misc, network | Tags: direct, downloads, git, github, link Leave a commentAs a maintainer at SlackBuilds.org, I would like to have a handy place to store some “problematic” sources and some other files. Once upon a time, I used SourceForge, but I wanted to have it at Slackalaxy’s GitHub repo. Uploading tarballs is fine, however what should be the download link to put in, for example, a *.info file?
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Chrome support for ftp sites
Posted: 2021-05-01 Filed under: network | Tags: flags, ftp, google chrome Leave a commentI’ve been updating my SlackBuilds for -current and noticed something quite strange. Whenever I needed to check for new sources, if the tarball was hosted on an ftp site, Chrome would refuse to open it. I searched a bit and it seems Chrome has dropped ftp support by default.
TeamViewer won’t start
Posted: 2021-03-19 Filed under: desktop, network, system | Tags: inittab, lxdm, rc.4, teamviewer Leave a commentI had to use TeamViewer. It is available from SBo, so I installed it (version 15.14.5). I am using -current, but the SlackBuild just repackages the binary provided from upstream, anyway. I followed the post-install instructions but the program won’t start.
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Chrome login keyring
Posted: 2020-07-10 Filed under: network | Tags: google chrome, identification, password-store 1 CommentRecently I upgraded one of my computers to Slackware64 -current and installed Chrome 83.0.4103.106 (Official Build) using the SlackBuild in /extra. I am not signed in with my Google account in this browser and every time I start it I am presented with a message about authentication, which is annoying.
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Firefox: disable click and hold requirement
Posted: 2020-06-01 Filed under: network | Tags: about:config, firefox, right click Leave a commentOne if the things I noticed first with Firefox was the weird (for me) right click behaviour. I need to right click and hold, otherwise the mouse cursor will automatically click on the menu. That’s not something I want to get used to.
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