Git: make local repo exactly like remote

Posted: 2023-10-08 | Author: | Filed under: slackbuilds | Tags: , , | 1 Comment

I have been using slackrepo to maintain my own packages repository for Slackware 15.0. It’s an excellent tool, however, it has a limitation of how often you can sync with SlackBuilds.org. Usually this does not bother me, because I run an update once per week, after the Public www update (usually on Saturday). Every now and then, slackrepo will not see the updated SBo immediately, because it won’s sync.
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sboutils 0.01_beta

Posted: 2022-08-16 | Author: | Filed under: misc, slackbuilds, system | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

Since I moved back to Slackware as my major system, I wanted to make SlackBuild scripts and SlackBuilds.org a bit easier to deal with. Therefore I wrote myself several small tools, collectively called sboutils. I will be busy in the following weeks, so I decided to call its current stage as first release candidate 0.01_beta.
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GTK2-only Xfce 4.12 desktop

Posted: 2021-06-30 | Author: | Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: , | 1 Comment

I want to keep using a GTK2-based desktop environment on the upcoming Slackware 15.0 release. Long story short, I decided to stay with Xfce 4.12 and created my own repository of SlackBuild scripts that aim to build a GTK2-only desktop on -current. I have been running it for over a month on Slackware -current from 17 May 2021. Here’s my announcement in LQ. Of course, this comes with no warranty, so use at your own risk.
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Slackalaxy at GitHub

Posted: 2021-05-04 | Author: | Filed under: misc, slackbuilds | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

Well, I finally took the time to set up a GitHub repo (https://github.com/slackalaxy). I started testing my SlackBuilds on Slackware 15.0 beta here. At the moment I am making sure sources build, fix broken links, etc. This is all only on x86_64 for now.
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Slackware and SlackBuilds.org cited in a scientific publication

Posted: 2019-03-15 | Author: | Filed under: academic, slackbuilds | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The latest paper from our research group has just been published in Scientific Reports. A big part of the work was done in silico, using different software tools and databases. All bioinformatics software used locally was installed on a Slackware64 system, almost exclusively from the scripts at SlackBuilds.org. With this post, I would like to give my sincere thanks to Slackware and the SlackBuilds.org community.
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