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==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
- | This document is intended to people who want to get quickly acquainted with | + | This document is intended to allow people who have already used another " |
- | Slackware. | + | Slackware. |
- | * have already used another *nix style system, like any other Linux distribution, | + | * knows the main Unix commands and the associated concepts, |
- | * already know how-to | + | * knows how-to edit a text file (such as a configuration file) |
+ | * can read a simple shell script. | ||
==== Resources ==== | ==== Resources ==== | ||
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[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
installers]], | installers]], | ||
- | language, keyboard | + | language, |
[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
polyglot versions of the main administration tools and/or their manual | polyglot versions of the main administration tools and/or their manual | ||
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In general, Slackware does not prejudge how the system will be used. It is up | In general, Slackware does not prejudge how the system will be used. It is up | ||
to the administrator to customize it for its intended usage by editing the | to the administrator to customize it for its intended usage by editing the | ||
- | configuration files located in /etc or its subdirectories. Reading | + | configuration files located in /etc or its sub-directories. It helps to read the comments |
in scripts for management of services located in /etc/rc.d as well as in the | in scripts for management of services located in /etc/rc.d as well as in the | ||
- | configuration files helps. | + | configuration files. |
=== Startup === | === Startup === | ||
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software' | software' | ||
- | In our example to modernize '' | + | In our example to modernize '' |
tmux-1.9a.tar.gz from the [[http:// | tmux-1.9a.tar.gz from the [[http:// | ||
it in source/ | it in source/ | ||
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Caution: '' | Caution: '' | ||
- | installs the specified package | + | installs the specified package |
regardless of their respective versions. | regardless of their respective versions. | ||
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in one or more packages directories, | in one or more packages directories, | ||
- | up to " | + | up to " |
+ | It also provides access to the files' tree of each of | ||
these versions. | these versions. | ||
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Volkerding: | Volkerding: | ||
- | >When I started this project, it really wasn't my intent to provide every | + | >When I started this project, it really wasn't my intent to provide every possible package, application, |
- | >possible package, application, | + | |
- | >upon which things could be built easily and that followed upstream as | + | |
- | >closely as was possible. Of course, some applications had to be included, | + | |
- | >but the idea was to try to stick to the essentials that everyone would miss | + | |
- | >if they weren' | + | |
Most of the applications missing from Slackware are available on the | Most of the applications missing from Slackware are available on the | ||
community website http:// | community website http:// | ||
- | packages, but everything needed to build them. | + | packages, but everything needed to build them minus the sources files. |
- | For information on using the materials, see http:// | + | For information on using the provided |
The '' | The '' | ||
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The website http:// | The website http:// | ||
- | like those proposed by distributions derived from Slackware, as [[http:// | + | such as those proposed by distributions derived from Slackware, as [[http:// |
maintained mainly by George Vlahavas, or desktops not included in Slackware, | maintained mainly by George Vlahavas, or desktops not included in Slackware, | ||
such as [[http:// | such as [[http:// |