Virtualbox shared folder
Posted: 2012-06-25 Filed under: system | Tags: share, virtualbox Leave a commentProblem: I have to use a virtual machine running Slackware32 to test build the scripts I maintain at SlackBuilds.org. Therefore I need an easy way to transfer the scripts and other files between the host and guest machines.
Solution: I use VirtualBox installed from the All distributions AMD64 binary. The host is running pure Slackware64 and the guest additions are installed in the Slackware32 guest. Read the rest of this entry »
UTF-8
Posted: 2012-06-10 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: slackware, UTF-8 Leave a commentProblem: When using UTF-8 system wide, some programs like XMMS have issues (bad fonts size, etc…).
Solution: Launch such programs with a custom LANG setting set in their .desktop file.
First, enable UTF-8. Read the rest of this entry »
QT4 apps and GTK2
Posted: 2012-06-08 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: slackware Leave a commentProblem: QT4 applications do not inherit the GTK theme (when using XFCE for example)
Solution: Read AlienBob’s blog regularly :) So, open /etc/profile.d/qt4.sh and add the following lines on some empty rows: Read the rest of this entry »
Firewall
Posted: 2012-06-07 Filed under: system | Tags: firewall, iptables, slackware Leave a commentProblem: I do not know iptables
Solution: Use a firewall script I found years ago in a Slackware security guide written by Chess Griffin. Create an empty file and name it rc.firewall. Read the rest of this entry »
SSD
Posted: 2012-06-05 Filed under: system | Tags: SSD 1 CommentProblem: I bought a SSD
Solution: Read the corresponding section at the Arch linux wiki. So, I did: Read the rest of this entry »
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