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[?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
@r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

A short note on using nvi as part of a simple Unix workflow in 2026.

https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Using_NVI_in_2026.txt


    [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
    @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

    Slackware and age verification laws

    People are worried about laws like AB 1043 (and now similar discussions in Brazil), but they assume a centralized OS with accounts and app stores.

    That’s not how Slackware works.

    No forced onboarding, no app store, full user control.

    Patrick said it best:

    “my code is my speech… government compelled speech”
    https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/how-is-ab-1043-going-to-impact-slackware-4175762747/page15.html#post6626190

    Slackware will keep being Slackware... simple, transparent, and not disappointing the people who rely on it.


      [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
      @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

      Slackware has had a consistent package system for decades. Most of its tools are simple shell scripts, emphasizing transparency and auditability. It avoids automatic dependency resolution by design, so nothing is hidden from the user, what some see as “missing features” is often just a different design choice. You should try it sometime.

      CC: @dcc@annihilation.social @sushee@ohai.social


        [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
        @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

        Patrick Volkerding knows what matters in a Linux distro: simplicity, transparency, and a system you can actually understand.


          [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
          @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

          Great point! I’ve also written a short explanation of how the init/boot process works in Slackware and why it stays simple without systemd if anyone wants to dive deeper:

          https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/tree/main/item/notes/Slackware_Init_Boot_Process.txt


            [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
            @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

            Slackware has always been a fantastic environment for development, and officially adding QEMU 10.2.2 to -current just confirms that! 🐧

            ap/qemu-10.2.2-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
              Recompiled against libcacard-2.8.2, libslirp-4.9.1, spice-0.16.0,
              and usbredir-0.15.0.
              Thanks to Daedra.
            ap/qemu-guest-agent-10.2.2-x86_64-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
            l/graphviz-14.1.4-x86_64-1.txz:  Upgraded.
            l/libcacard-2.8.2-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
              Needed by qemu-10.2.2.
              Thanks to Matteo Bernardini.
            l/usbredir-0.15.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
              Needed by qemu-10.2.2.
              Thanks to Matteo Bernardini.
            n/libslirp-4.9.1-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
              Needed by qemu-10.2.2.
              Thanks to Vijay Marcel.
            n/spice-0.16.0-x86_64-1.txz:  Added.
              Needed by qemu-10.2.2.
              Thanks to Matteo Bernardini.
            n/spice-protocol-0.14.5-noarch-1.txz:  Added.
              Needed by spice-0.16.0.
              Thanks to Matteo Bernardini.
            Think about it: a clean, solid base system, LXC for containers, and now native QEMU for full virtualization. Everything a developer needs, no fluff, straight from the core tree.

            Slackware doesn't make noise. It just delivers. 💪


              [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
              @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

              glad Slackware stays out of this :) different approaches are fine, but I still prefer simple rc scripts and small tools over one big system doing everything.


                [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                Kernel 6.19.9 running on Slackware -current

                I updated the kernel guide build.
                https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Slackware_Kernel_Build_Guide.txt


                  [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                  @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                  Some users have already addressed this in the post.
                  https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/latest-changelog-for-slackware-current-4175698890/page174.html#post6625656

                  As for the other features, I don’t really use them, I usually just spin up the VM and access it via SSH, so all I really need is libslirp (https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/libraries/libslirp/?search=libslirp).


                    [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                    @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                    got added to current today. Didn’t see that one coming at all. Interesting times in the land of slack!

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                      [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                      @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                      Ahhh vlc build is broken on , I did see mention of broken vlc on irc earlier, ahh well. Have to save it for later now. Also I just realized I powered down my build machine and didn’t backup my /tmp dir where built packages go to die when the power goes down. 💀

                        [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                        @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                        I don't know how many people are utilizing to manage my repo (or any repo) in , but the massive ChangeLog for 6.0.0 (which I've just uploaded) is chock full of welcome additions for package management.

                        gitlab.com/dslackw/slpkg/blob/

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                          [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                          @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                          I looked at the latest OBS briefly, it builds just fine on at least. I'm sure it does on just as well, which reminds me, I never added obs packages to the repo for arm64. I'll have to give the SlackBuilds a bit of a looksie and get to adding them!

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                            [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                            @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                            Today, got 1.94.0 in testing on current and yesterday I’d uploaded an package of the latest rust for those who may want/need it to build things. Not in the repo of course, you’ll have to manually manage this one. slackware.lngn.net/pub/aarch64

                              [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                              @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                              Yeah, elvis is basically dead on UTF-8. nvi is the right call, though worth noting it originated from Keith Bostic at Berkeley, OpenBSD just maintains a fork of it. Slackware's package is well maintained, Patrick has been keeping a solid patchset going: 41 patches from Debian covering correctness fixes, LFS, regex, GCC compatibility and so on, plus upstream fixes from Sven Verdoolaege's git tree. I've been maintaining my own local build on top of that with 4 more upstream patches, a buffer overflow fix in ex_comm_search, an invalid access in filename expansion and two memory leak fixes in ex_aci and screen_end.

                              That said I've been also playing with neatvi lately. It has native UTF-8 support baked in from the ground up, bidirectional text, combining characters, everything. Worth a look if UTF-8 is your main concern.


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                                [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                Found an old private gist from 2020 when I was running
                                Slackware 14.2 with a minimalist desktop.

                                JWM + st + slock + sxiv + nnn
                                and vim in the console.

                                Funny to see how some tools stayed with me to this day.
                                Now it's mostly dwm + st + neatvi + noice + slock + slstatus


                                  [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                  @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                  Nice setup! Slackware -current always looks good. My dwm rice is so minimal that people think I forgot to configure it 😄

                                  CC: @dobbie003@fosstodon.org @thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza @wickedlester@fosstodon.org @garpu@mastodon.online

                                    [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                    @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                    Kernel upgraded to Linux 6.19.6 on Slackware.
                                    System stable so far... Rachael Tyrell from Blade Runner keeping an eye on things.


                                      [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                      @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                      Just measured memory usage of nvi vs neatvi opening a ~500KB file (/usr/include/*.h concatenated):

                                      nvi    5184 KB
                                      neatvi 1960 KB
                                      2.6x less RSS neatvi wins without syntax highlighting even in the picture. The difference is likely nvi's Berkeley DB recovery layer allocating upfront regardless of use.



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                                        [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                                        @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                                        What broke all the DEs in turned out to be a bad dir perm on /etc/xdg/autostart.

                                        That’s kinda sad how fragile that stuff is but also explains why my WMs still worked cuz they pay no mind to xdg autostart things.

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                                          [?]jloc0 » 🌐
                                          @jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org

                                          Today current update broke plasma 6 & xfce but sddm works, gdm fails but niri appears to work as I’m in noctalia right now. Can’t get to a plasma, gnome, or xfce session though. 🤔🤔

                                          I’m not finding any broken libs and I even see reports on LQ something went wrong.

                                          Hrmmm… oh well, it’s 4am. 🤷‍♂️

                                            [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                            @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                            Linux 6.19.4 Released

                                            Linux 6.19.4 is now available as a stable update in the 6.19.x series, bringing small but important fixes across the kernel.

                                            This release includes:

                                            • ext4 fixes
                                            • Intel graphics (i915) adjustments
                                            • NVMe improvements
                                            • Intel Wi-Fi driver updates
                                            • Minor power management refinements
                                            On my ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (i7-1185G7, Tiger Lake), this mainly means incremental stability improvements in graphics, storage, and power behavior.

                                            I’ve also updated my ThinkPad X220 (used as a testing machine), and it continues to run perfectly fine on 6.19.4.

                                            I’m building the kernel using the original SlackBuild scripts from Slackware-current’s testing tree, preserving the official packaging structure and only updating the upstream source.

                                            Build notes are documented here:
                                            https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Slackware_Kernel_Build_Guide.txt


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                                              [?]Mark » 🌐
                                              @thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza

                                              Anyone for the outdatedness of Slackware?
                                              My Slackware Tilers setup runs Sway, with the nwg-shell. And Mangowc with Noctalia. And Niri with Dank. Hyprland is available, but not installed. And Slackware Current. All from one iso and repository by @jloc0 . Smart thing: package sets are linked by symbolic links. Type "slackpkg install dank" and you'll see all related packages before they're pulled in. Way less 'dependency hell'. And very much up to date 😄 Thanks Jay!

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                                                [?]animoné » 🌐
                                                @animone@animone.net

                                                Compliments to whoever is responsible for the slackbuilds website, for a design that not only works, but also looks good in lynx.

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                                                  [?]Mark » 🌐
                                                  @thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza

                                                  Total distraction. Per usual. But at least that work laptop has Slackware Current with mangowc and sway all running great and smooth. Add noctalia for some bling (although it costs me an extra 300mb of ram compared to waybar...) and that's good to go. VoidLinux and dwm tomorrow then, with a little help of Bakkeby? Yup 👍🏻
                                                  As long as I don't get distracted again 🤣

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                                                    [?]animoné » 🌐
                                                    @animone@animone.net

                                                    Day two of adventures!

                                                    I ended up reinstalling, this time without the KDE sets and switching to using FVWM. While KDE is 'nice', I come from using OpenBSD with cwm, so I'm used to my X environment staying out of the way.

                                                    For the curious, the old laptop I'm using is my Lenovo X220, or what I consider to be the last laptop with a truly great keyboard.

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                                                      [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                                      @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                      After years without compiling a kernel, I'm giving it another shot! 🐧

                                                      Building Linux kernel 6.19.3 on Slackware using Patrick's official SlackBuilds, starting from my 6.18.13 config as a base.

                                                      -> 6.19 brings some nice ext4 improvements that caught my attention:

                                                      • Support for block sizes larger than page size (can improve buffered write performance in some workloads)
                                                      • Faster online defragmentation using folios instead of legacy buffer heads
                                                      • Smarter POSIX ACL caching, avoiding redundant permission checks on files without ACLs
                                                      Beyond ext4, there are ongoing memory-management cleanups, folio conversions, scheduler refinements, and NVMe driver improvements, which should pair nicely with an NVMe-based laptop.
                                                      Nothing revolutionary, but solid incremental polishing.

                                                      Let's see how it goes! 🤞

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                                                        [?]animoné » 🌐
                                                        @animone@animone.net

                                                        Trying out on my old laptop today for the first time in forever. Impressions? It's exactly as I remember it 20+ years ago, except now everything works out of the box.

                                                        Two things I noticed right off: no systemd (or related dependencies) anywhere in sight, and LILO.
                                                        I've always been irritated by the systemd-ification of the linux ecosystem, so it's always nice when I don't see it, and I've never really understood how to work with GRUB, so LILO is really appreciated!

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