[Slackbuilds-users] greenhorn greetings

[k22 at trixtar.org]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:50:13 +0000 (UTC)
Nix <nix at nixing.mx> wrote:

> 
> >> the answer to "When can I expect it to be available?" is "When you add 
> >> it." :D It's actually not so hard, just some shell scripting.
> 
> I've found that this is the usual response and I understand why, yet for 
> new comers it can be overwhelming.
> 
> Again I understand and i'm eagerly waiting for slackbuilds to open it's 
> doors for the slackware stable 15  so I can submit updates for libstrophe 
> and profanity, and add new slackbuilds for its crypto support.
> 
> > Thank you very much, for now I'm totally swamped by these legion 
> > package-tools, having been spoiled rotten by Suse Yast :-)
> 
> I've been in your shoes  (and probably still am). I created a write-up 
> where I tried my best to explain the "confusing" parts of Slackware 
> package management. That may be of help to get you started.
> 
> I'd suggest to not feel discouraged by the overwhelming feeling that can 
> sometimes appear when trying to get into using Slackware. In my 
> experience it's worth the slight learning curve.
> 
> Write-up: https://nixing.mx/posts/exploring-slackware-slackbuilds.html

Thank you very much, for now I'm tinkering with slkpkg as it 
does dependencies but it isn't on for 15.0 yet. I want to first 
of all get to a point where I can do my most frequent 'compuke' 
chores on Slackware as well with a semblance of comfort: email, 
some browsing, seamonkey-composer, gftp, usenet etc. I'm just 
about OK with these already except for sylpheed. After this 
phase-1 I will get into the more focused activities for guitar 
sessions with my 'studio' apps and Google-Earth. Eventually 
I want to do just about everything I do with a computer on 
any one of my computers, using any one of my OS'es and either 
KDE or XFCE, rotating these on a daily basis so as to build
and preserve familiarity and to never be captive of any monopoly :-)

 


 
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> Eric
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