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Saturday, May 31, 2003

Adventures in Slackware -- 9:40 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Well, I've been in Slackware 9.0 for almost a week now (earlier post). I'm pretty happy with the way everything is going. I've got a better grip on Slack's BSD-style init. I've been fiddling around with firewall scripts and have been amazed at how powerful iptables really are.

I've always looked at Slackware as the "hardcore" Linux user's distro. To an extent, I suppose that's true. It assumes that you know what you are doing. There is no dependency checking in its packaging tool--you need to take care of that yourself. The nice thing is that since I do basically know what I'm doing, it doesn't get in my way. It'll take some time to determine how stable it will be. So far it's been rock-solid.

Right before I upgraded, I found Linux Packages.net. Think of it as an RPMfind for the Slackware set. That meant I didn't have to try too hard to get my DVDs working again. Hurray!

Friday, May 30, 2003

NWN: SoU Gone Gold -- 9:09 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Bioware sends word that their first expansion for Neverwinter Nights, Shadows of Undrentide, has gone gold. According to some of the pre-order sites, it looks like they will be asking about $30 for this. I'll probably be snagging this one at some point. I wonder if the Linux binary is on disc . . .

Mozilla 1.4 RC1 Released -- 9:46 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The Mozilla team has issued Release Candidate 1 for Mozilla 1.4. Check out the release notes and download a build for your operating system. Hopefully they have fixed whatever bug was causing the browser to crash on ESPN Insider.

Past Two Days' News

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May 20, 2007: PhpBB 3.0 RC 1 Released
February 2, 2007: DOOM3 1.31 Patch

January 27, 2007: Join the World Community Grid
January 17, 2007: Flash Player 9 for Linux
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December 19, 2006: Pocket Tunes 4.0 Released
December 9, 2006: WRT54G 1.01.1 Firmware OK with Linux/Mac

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