XFS
Posted: 2016-01-14 Filed under: system | Tags: noatime, relatime, SSD, trim, XFS, xfs_db, xfs_fsr, xfs_repair 2 CommentsI am using XFS at the moment and I will put here a few filesystem related tools, for my own future use. The Arch Linux wiki has good documentation. Read the rest of this entry »
Visual CSL editor
Posted: 2015-12-19 Filed under: academic, office | Tags: CSL, references, zotero Leave a commentI type my text in LibreOffice and use Zotero to take care of the references. Zotero has a list of many different citation styles, which likely already includes the one for the journal you are submitting your manuscript to. Read the rest of this entry »
Precompiled third-party packages
Posted: 2015-11-23 Filed under: misc | Tags: package, SBo, slackbuilds, slackonly 5 CommentsMany Slackware users avoid installing unofficial precompiled packages on their systems. I find this understandable, since there has never been (IMHO!) a big and trusted repository for third-party packages. I used to install just a couple of packages provided by AlienBob (like LibreOffice and some of its dictionaries) and then compile everything else from SlackBuilds.org. Read the rest of this entry »
YouTube fullscreen in SeaMonkey
Posted: 2015-11-06 Filed under: media, network | Tags: about:config, fullscreen, html5, seamonkey, video, youtube 3 CommentsRecently, I realised I can no longer watch YouTube videos in fullscreen. The switch to HTML5 is something that I have missed to notice… Now the videos cannot be shown in fullscreen mode. Read the rest of this entry »
SlackOnly as a main third-party repository
Posted: 2015-11-02 Filed under: slackbuilds, system | Tags: dependencies, gslapt, multilib, package, SBo, slackbuilds, slackonly, slackpkg, slackpkg plus, slapt-get 7 CommentsI decided to try using SlackOnly as my primary source of third-party software. My system is Slackware64 -multilib and all settings below take this into account. I manage the official Slackware updates and AlienBob’s multilib layer with slackpkg, complemented by it’s extension slackpkg+. Read the rest of this entry »
Slackalaxy 