I was testing out something to see if it was going to work or not, and so now that I can report back, this may be of interest to some of you:
The distro that was known as I-Slack, which is now NetSecL, which, for those wondering what it is, is basically a Security Enhanced and Security Minded version of Slackware. It comes with a lot of tools, and since the distro is so heavily based on Slackware (Some screens in this thing will still say Slackware on them instead of NetSecL) the packages it comes with are all .tgz format, which, until this new release came out, was the standard Slackware Package format.
They still work though, so, if you like, you can get NetSecL, or download packages you want to try out, and they'll install on Slackware!
Some of these don't want to work, and I think it's probably an issue with Libraries and so on with dependencies, but I've gotten a few packages installed now and they actually do work, so you can have Slackware and all the stuff you expect from it, but also add in tools you normally can't find a Slackware package for.
Some people may ask "Why would you do this? Wouldn't it be easier to just install NetSecL?" Well, maybe, but my Laptop doesn't play very well with NetSecL, so since Slackware does, I can use the tools from NetSecL, and install them on Slackware.
Also I like having the real version of Slackware since the security patches are so easy to work with that it just makes sense to me.
Anyway, thought I'd give a little tip.
I'm also still running this new version on my Laptop and it's working very well! I also still have it installed on my test machine, which I posted the specs for, and not only is it still working, I have now set up a test FTP Server to start testing how it handles huge loads (Like 30 gigs in MP3s and Videos) and it seems to stand right up to it without even flinching!
I decided to use Window Maker on the old box since that and FVWM2 work VERY fast on old hardware, and Window Maker in general is a beautiful Window Manager, so I'm using that on there and I'm also using it right now on my Laptop. My Laptop can handle KDE4 just fine, but I do like KDE3.X much more since it seems more "Desktop" like.... If that even makes sense lol.
But anyway, I'm using Window Maker if anyone cares. I also have the Enlightenment 17 Slackware package installer if anyone wants it It's the Enlightenment 17 installation package which you basically untar and it has shell scripts inside that install Enlightenment 0.17 ALL dependencies included, for Slackware Linux. I've tested it and got it working on everything from 10.2 - the present new release without any problems.
hey gore why not some screenshots of hot slackware??
im waiting to see them..
right now im using FreeBSD..
I had FreeBSD 7.1 on my production box (The machine I use to make all the music I do, and listen to music, and watch movies and stuff) it's great.
Anyway, I've got a bunch of screen shots all over AO of my installs. I think I have almost all of them around here somewhere. I'll post a few though so no one has to go looking around for them, in a little while.
I was going to take some new ones anyway after getting some new stuff for Window Maker. I have Screen shots of Slackware with KDE, Gnome, Window Maker, Enlightenment 0.17, FVWM2, XFCE, and both TWM and MWM which look like the 1980s lol. They're REALLY fast though.
I'll dig them up in a little while and post some in here. Not sure why I didn't to begin with. Must be that 3 hours of sleep in the last 72 hours thing.
Does anyone else have this installed yet? I'd be interested in having some screen shots of other people's machines if they have it. I'll post a few in a bit like I said, but if anyone else would like to join in, feel free to at any time
Slackware with Enlightenment 0.17, running on a machine that has this:
8 MB ATI Video
192 MBs RAM
433 MHz Celeron Processor
All the stuff you see on screen moves around. The rain drops in some of the shots I took fall from the clouds, and the Snow, well, that one has been around a while, but the Fire at the bottom can not only change color, it moves like a flame.
It's the Enlightenment 17 installation package which you basically untar and it has shell scripts inside that install Enlightenment 0.17 ALL dependencies included, for Slackware Linux. I've tested it and got it working on everything from 10.2 - the present new release without any problems.
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