Hey #slackware users, what is your preferred way of isolating (as-in what are zones/jails for Linux) daemons ? Is docker/podman the usual way-to-go or are there smarter native tools?

Once again, I am reminded why #Slackware is one of the best OS to use when you need to run Linux on a system unconnected to the Internet...

cp -v /path/to/updates/* /home/parade/updates/

sudo upgradepkg /home/parade/updates/*.txz

Done. That's it.

I see qt6 has been upgraded in #slackware. This will break the plasma Wayland session & LXQT as well. Upgrader beware until I have time to process rebuilds for my effected packages in #slackaroni

Sat May 30 20:45:46 UTC 2026
n/openrsync-20250126_a257c0f-x86_64-1.txz: Added.

#slackware

CC: @osnews@mstdn.social

Got that new #plasma beta 2 up and running on #crux but I also posted packages for #slackware in my little slim-plasma repo, ready for consumption.

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Plasma 6.7 beta 2 with that fresh new wallpaper on crux-arm.

So much for being crusty.
Slackware Current, kernel 7.0.10 and Plasma 6.7 beta 2 (6.6.91).
Thnks @jloc0 🍻 🥳
#slackware #kde

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Scrot of Slackware Current, kernel 7.10 and Plasma 6.7 beta 2 (6.6.91)

With todays wlroots-0.20.1 update on #slackware I've also now pushed an updated #sway 1.12 package built against it.

I've also added a compat 'wlroots019' package for #mango which if you're using mango @thesaigoneer you're going to want to install. 😆 #slackaroni

https://slackware.lngn.net/

One nice detail: when nvi was introduced, Elvis was rebuilt to drop its /usr/bin/vi and /usr/bin/ex symlinks, and nvi only provides those symlinks if no other editor already does.

I just added an "NVI ACROSS UNIX SYSTEMS" section to some notes I keep, if anyone's curious:
https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt

#nvi #vi #slackware

At first I thought fontconfig itself was "broken", but after testing multiple setups I realized the issue was mostly related to how Iosevka behaved with the newer font matching/rendering changes.

Issue/MR related to this:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/522
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/merge_requests/520

The funny part is that this ended up helping me discover a new font family:
IoskeleyMono (https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono)

After testing it in:

• st
• dwm
• Firefox
• Senpai IRC
• Geany
• websites/forums

Sometimes a small issue sends you in the right direction 🙂

I liked it so much that I already prepared and submitted a SlackBuild.

Huge thanks to the developers working on fontconfig and font rendering. People usually only notice this work when something changes, but good typography and font matching matter a lot on a daily desktop system.

#x11 #fontconfig #fonts #slackware #ioskeleymono

After ~1 week using:

[always] madvise never

- no swap usage
- no THP fallback allocations
- no compaction stalls
- stable desktop responsiveness

Notes:
https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/Transparent_Huge_Pages_on_Desktop_Linux.txt

#linux #slackware

@jloc0
Bug hunting 101: for some obscure reason Spectacle wasn't working in Slim 6.7. (Re)install tesseract and leptonica (available in your repo anyway), all good!
It's always the user that effs something up 😆
#slackware #archlabs

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Scrot of fetch in Slackware Current, running the slimmed down KDE 6.7 Beta.

Looking forward to this one!
#slackware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9ivC2eOg1w

grep/find/sed/awk/make/ssh/git/nvi often compose better than many modern “integrated” environments.

Small programs connected together still scale surprisingly well.

https://repo.or.cz/code-notes.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/notes/Unix_As_An_IDE.txt

#unix #linux #slackware #vi

But package management and dependency resolution are not the same thing.

Slackware intentionally keeps those concerns separated.

I've been using this approach for minimal Slackware VPS/jump systems:
https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/slackware-tagfiles

#slackware

CC: @rl_dane@polymaths.social @ruari

For posterity. The distro I ran the longest was ArchLabs, for 18 months. Epic!
Next month it will finally be surpassed. Then i've been running Slackware KDE by @jloc0 for a grand total of 19 months. Thanks mate 🍻 !

#slackware #archlabs

#Hyprland 0.55.0 is now available within the #slackaroni repository along with various rebuilds following an update for the required #hyprutils as well. Cheers!

I'll push arm64 packages soon for the minority of people not only using #slackware but #slackwareaarch64 and using my repos (this has to be like 3 people ;)

https://slackware.lngn.net/#hyprwm

Done and dusted. I've created SlackoSundries, my totally random collection of Slackware pkgs. Right now: brave-origin-beta, the fresh-editor and bottom, a great h or btop replacement. Updates where apllicable very Wednesday and Saturday. You can find it here:
#slackware
https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/SlackoSundries

Yep. Done. Version Beta v1.91.135 of Brave Origin for Slackware by yours truly is available. Plus some additional tweaking tips by me. Happy browsing!

https://codeberg.org/thesaigoneer/Brave-Origin

#slackware #brave #braveOrigin

Slackware Patches "Copy Fail" Kernel Bug — CVE-2026-31431

If you can't patch right away, Slackware ships the affected code as a module (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD=m), so you can blacklist or remove it as a stopgap:

echo "install algif_aead /bin/false" > /etc/modprobe.d/disable-algif.conf
rmmod algif_aead

Patch and reboot when you can. slackpkg update && slackpkg upgrade-all.

Sources:

• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2026&m=slackware-security.1267034
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31431

https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:zram_configuration

#Slackware #Linux #ZRAM

Procrastination might sound wasteful, but it's actually great
Slackware Mango/Niri up and running, with all extensive goodies from the slackosaurus. Received some great feedback during my travails, so all's dandy now.
That leaves Gentoo dwm for tomorrow, and luckily enough that's a public holiday here. Or was it already in the back of my mind? 🤔 Probably 🥳 Cheers! 🍻
#slackware

As for the vibrancy: I tried a ton of iso's on the Thinkpad today. None were good. Then I re-grabbed the Slackware Current iso and slapped the great Cosmic spin by Nate ( @reddog83 ) on top of it. Did you know those Cosmic packages were updated the same day System76 released them? Now that's cutting edge!
Furthermore: 3 Slackware and 1 FreeBSD install over here. Just saying.
#slackware #cosmic

Well it turns out the broadcom-wl package works just fine on kernel-7.0.0, no new patches needed!

#slackware

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A screenshot of the Plasma 6.6.4 desktop on Slackware running kernel-7.0.0 on a macbokpro9,2 model laptop.

Well, after all this time, we've found a solution to pipewire not working within the gnome-session on 50. It turns out the line "X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase" in /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop files was stopping everything from working.

Gnome no longer uses this and relies on systemd for this now, why it doesn't just ignore it... well I don't know, but commenting them all out and a reboot, and we have sound!

#gnome #slackware

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pipewire actually working on gnome 50.0 on slackware

Order restored. Experimental KDE by @jloc0 Flatpaks as applications. Kernel 7.0. Slacker0ni repo for all goodies. Homebrew and/or distrobox possible also. As immutable as a mutable distro gets.
#slackware

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Terminal in Slackware -Current, running kernel 7.0 and the barebones KDE 6.6.4. All big applications as flatpaks, can run homebrew and/or distrobox on top also.

Updated packages for webkitgtk-2.52.2 are available in the #slackaroni repos for #slackware current for your webkit needs!

https://slackware.lngn.net/#webkitgtk

wayback is a stub Wayland compositor that hosts a rootful Xwayland server, letting you run your full X11 setup unchanged on top of Wayland. Built from source, wrote a small launch script and dwm came up fine with st.

Still experimental and needs some tweaking but the core concept works — keep your dwm, st and all your suckless tools, just drop Xorg underneath.

If you're a minimalist X11 user not ready to jump to a Wayland WM, keep an eye on this project!

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayback/wayback

#dwm #wayland #linux #suckless #slackware #xorg

Reinstalled Slackware today on the NUC, after installing KDE on Alpine on the laptop. This time I used the 'generic' Slackware Current iso, not a liveslak. For me this will be the way forward, since it allows me to build the system exactly how I want it, from scratch. Prune anything I want. And then add the great Slackeroni repo from @jloc0 to get MangoWC and Niri installed. Plus a lot of goodies, like yazi and noctalia (or dank if you prefer that) 🤓 .
It is good to be back on the right track again, sway with nwg-shell and dwm need to come back home again also.
#slackware

I tried it and really liked it, already submitted a SlackBuild to slackbuilds.org so Slackware users can easily install it.
https://github.com/dylanaraps/dfm

#filemanager #minimal #slackbuilds #slackware #linux