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Simple answer is yes. Treat the VM as if it were another machine.<br>
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That said it's possible to do the slackbuild dev/testing on slackware-current, but it takes quite a bit more effort (and library duplication, which you'd be doing in the VM anyways)<br>
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I'm sure someone else can offer more information on the second option if it appeals to you.<br>
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Alexander Grotewohl<br>
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<a href="https://dcclost.com">https://dcclost.com</a></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> SlackBuilds-users <slackbuilds-users-bounces@slackbuilds.org> on behalf of Glenn Becker <glenn.becker@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2020 9:43:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SlackBuilds.org Users List <SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Slackbuilds-users] hope this isn't a stupid question</font>
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<div>I am thinking of buying a smallish laptop to dedicate to Slackware. I've usually done double-, triple- and occasionally more- boot machines, but my distro-hopping is (I think!) coming to an end.</div>
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<div>And I was wondering ... if I ran slack-current as my main system, but ran slack-stable in a VM, could I use the latter to work on my SlackBuilds? I'm by no means well-versed in what is possible or impossible with VMs.</div>
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