slackpkg+
Posted: 2013-03-30 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: slackpkg, slackpkg plus, update 3 CommentsSome time ago I stumbled upon a very interesting discussion at LQ about using slackpkg with third party repositories. Down in the posts, zerouno wrote about a plugin for slackpkg that apparently can do that. So, I downloaded the beta version from here, installed it and decided to give it a try. Read the rest of this entry »
Kernel upgrade
Posted: 2013-02-16 Filed under: desktop, system Leave a commentI’ve been running Slackware64 14.0 happily on my laptop, with a few annoyances. After fixing them as described in the previous post, the machine was quite stable for a week or so, when it froze again. Then I googled around and found a discussion about a similar issue, that was solved by upgrading the kernel. Read the rest of this entry »
LibreOffice in KDE4
Posted: 2013-01-23 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: gnome, kde4, libreoffice Leave a commentI prefer to make LibreOffice behave as a GTK+ application in KDE4. Somehow, it looks and feels better this way. To do this, I simply added the following line in /usr/bin/libreoffice (in the beginning, before the rest of the variables): Read the rest of this entry »
KDE 4 and intel video
Posted: 2013-01-11 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: compositing, kde4 Leave a commentGot a ThinkPad and decided to give a full featured and fancy KDE 4 a try. Very nice deskop environment, indeed. However every now and then, the computer would just lock up. Freeze. Nothing but resetting it from the power button would help. Read the rest of this entry »
ndiswrapper and Ralink 2500
Posted: 2012-12-18 Filed under: network, system | Tags: ndiswrapper, rt2500 Leave a commentMy ancient laptop has a Ralink wireless card (RT2500). It has been supported out of the box for quite some time. Ironically, the wifi works somewhat better with the windows driver, when installed with ndiswrapper. Read the rest of this entry »
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