Still using nvi on Slackware.

No plugins. No syntax highlighting. Just speed, predictability, and classic vi behavior, even with multi-GB files.

I wrote a short guide explaining why nvi still matters and how its architecture enables fast, low-memory editing.

📄 https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html (NVI Editor Guide)
📄 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt (plain text)

#slackware #editor #nvi #vi #unix #minimalism

Still using nvi on Slackware.

No plugins. No syntax highlighting. Just speed, predictability, and classic vi behavior, even with multi-GB files.

I wrote a short guide explaining why nvi still matters and how its architecture enables fast, low-memory editing.

📄 https://4c6e.xyz/code_notes.html (NVI Editor Guide)
📄 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt (plain text)

#slackware #editor #nvi #vi #unix #minimalism

Preserving Slackware history 🐧

I’ve restored and archived the classic “find-whatneedsrecompiling” script,
written by Stuart Winter (mozes). It detects ELF binaries with missing
libraries and shows which packages may need a rebuild.

Slackware assumes a full installation, but I run a selective install.
This script is extremely useful to detect missing libraries or incomplete
package sets — things Slackware won’t warn you about.

Repo:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackware-scripts

Simple tools, true to Slackware’s philosophy.™

#slackware

Preserving Slackware history 🐧

I’ve restored and archived the classic “find-whatneedsrecompiling” script,
written by Stuart Winter (mozes). It detects ELF binaries with missing
libraries and shows which packages may need a rebuild.

Slackware assumes a full installation, but I run a selective install.
This script is extremely useful to detect missing libraries or incomplete
package sets — things Slackware won’t warn you about.

Repo:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackware-scripts

Simple tools, true to Slackware’s philosophy.™

#slackware

For anyone who missed it: Patrick Volkerding confirmed on LQ that Plasma 6 has been tested internally during every Slackware -current release cycle.

It hasn’t shown up in /testing (and might never), because KDE6/Qt6 is still going through heavy upstream churn — exactly the kind of instability that can break a system-wide upgrade. So Pat is keeping KDE6 out-of-tree until it’s truly ready.

Pat’s post:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page603.html#post6600820

If you want to experiment with precompiled KDE6 for Slackware, check out the great community builds provided by r0ni.

🔗 https://slackware.lngn.net/#kde6
👤 @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

You can also download KDE6 from this community build as well:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/building-the-plasma6-for-slackware-current-in-the-ktown-style-a-build-based-on-the-alienbob%27s-ktown-4175735773/

So no worries our BDFL won’t disappoint.
Plasma 6 will arrive at the right moment: stable, polished, and with that classic Slackware quality. 😉

#Slackware #SlackwareCurrent #KDE #Plasma6 #Linux

For anyone who missed it: Patrick Volkerding confirmed on LQ that Plasma 6 has been tested internally during every Slackware -current release cycle.

It hasn’t shown up in /testing (and might never), because KDE6/Qt6 is still going through heavy upstream churn — exactly the kind of instability that can break a system-wide upgrade. So Pat is keeping KDE6 out-of-tree until it’s truly ready.

Pat’s post:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/requests-for-current-next-15-0-15-1-a-4175706801/page603.html#post6600820

If you want to experiment with precompiled KDE6 for Slackware, check out the great community builds provided by r0ni.

🔗 https://slackware.lngn.net/#kde6
👤 @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

You can also download KDE6 from this community build as well:
🔗 https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/building-the-plasma6-for-slackware-current-in-the-ktown-style-a-build-based-on-the-alienbob%27s-ktown-4175735773/

So no worries our BDFL won’t disappoint.
Plasma 6 will arrive at the right moment: stable, polished, and with that classic Slackware quality. 😉

#Slackware #SlackwareCurrent #KDE #Plasma6 #Linux

I’ve been using static-web-server to host a local mirror for my machines, and the experience has been excellent.

It’s incredibly fast, lightweight, and easy to run and perfect for those times when you just want to serve files without the overhead of a full web server like Apache.

To make it even simpler for Slackware users, I wrote the https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/network/static-web-server/?search=static-web-server

#slackware #rust #staticwebserver #http

I’ve been using static-web-server to host a local mirror for my machines, and the experience has been excellent.

It’s incredibly fast, lightweight, and easy to run and perfect for those times when you just want to serve files without the overhead of a full web server like Apache.

To make it even simpler for Slackware users, I wrote the https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/network/static-web-server/?search=static-web-server

#slackware #rust #staticwebserver #http

In other news today, #Slackware home server is back online.

Next month is I will invest in a couple of UPS month.

Just finished updating my SlackBuild to build QEMU 10.1 cleanly on Slackware 🎉

✨ Highlights of QEMU 10.1 on x86_64:

- Improved CPUID handling (guests see cleaner CPU flags)

- KVM backend improvements (TDX/SEV-SNP support for servers on newer kernels)

- TCG accuracy improvements

Still runs great on laptops for daily Slackware VM use

I’ve updated my SlackBuild so it compiles QEMU 10.1 without Meson option issues.
Grab it here:
🔗 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackbuilds/tree/main/item/modified/qemu

#slackware #qemu #slackbuild

Just finished updating my SlackBuild to build QEMU 10.1 cleanly on Slackware 🎉

✨ Highlights of QEMU 10.1 on x86_64:

- Improved CPUID handling (guests see cleaner CPU flags)

- KVM backend improvements (TDX/SEV-SNP support for servers on newer kernels)

- TCG accuracy improvements

Still runs great on laptops for daily Slackware VM use

I’ve updated my SlackBuild so it compiles QEMU 10.1 without Meson option issues.
Grab it here:
🔗 https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackbuilds/tree/main/item/modified/qemu

#slackware #qemu #slackbuild

Small but mighty news for UNIX fans:
GNU ed 1.22 is out! Now you can filter specific line ranges through shell commands directly in ed, ex(1)-style:

1,10!sort

Small but mighty news for UNIX fans:
GNU ed 1.22 is out! Now you can filter specific line ranges through shell commands directly in ed, ex(1)-style:

1,10!sort

On this day in 1993, Patrick Volkerding released Slackware 1.0, the oldest Linux distro still maintained!
Still simple, still solid, still Slackware.

Read the original announcement: https://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php

#Slackware #Linux #FOSS #HappyBirthdaySlackware

It was #MOPSLinux 3.1 and it was based on the Slackware 10.1 with some additionals, like support of Russian language and custom installer.

https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2024/01/02/life-in-console.html

It was #MOPSLinux 3.1 and it was based on the Slackware 10.1 with some additionals, like support of Russian language and custom installer.

https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2024/01/02/life-in-console.html