Todo - as-yet untested
This concept and these notes are entirely obsoleted by dm-crypt, if you want a complete encryption solution.
These notes were made from instructions from Slackware as of Slackware 14.2 64bit.
It's remarkably simple.
Slackware
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https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/system/slpkg/
https://github.com/dslackw/slpkg
https://slackbuilds.org/cgit/
SlackBuilds.org
A Slackware source-based package manager.
Easy to use.
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NOTE - you don't have to have slpkg installed to compile a SlackBuild-supported program from source.
- Instructions are below.
slpkg
Some examples of tools which come with Slackware.
pkgtoolinstallpkgremovepkg
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See also Slackware package managers for other package managers, often with dependency resolution.
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Linux distributions + Slackware >
(submitted to distrowatch on 2013-06-23)
rogueclass.org
Rogue Class is a toy Linux distribution for playing games and reading books.
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2015-05-11 - Just doesn't do it for me. Too simple, no liveUSB, (requires?) burning to a CD. I have no clue if it can use Slackware packages. I guess everything has to be compiled from scratch, which I don't want to do.
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Linux distributions + Slackware >
http://slacko.01micko.com/download.html
A Puppy Linux for- thing, built using woof-CE. Built from Slackware.
- http://puppylinuxnews.org/home/slacko-puppy-is-released/
- 2015-05-08 - Overall, I'm not impressed.
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Since Puppy Linux uses systemd, I might presume this does too. However, Slacko is built from Slackware using Puppy's build system.
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My various thoughts at different times I played with it.
Anything currently-useful will be kept in Slackware or some other appropriate page.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Slackware
(on Wikipedia)
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Slackware
slackware.com
The oldest extant distribution, Slackware focuses on a sort of straightforwardness. It's not "light" or "easy", it is what it is. It's not cripplingly-difficult like Gentoo or Arch Linux. Using it is a little taxing on the mind, but doesn't actually require a whole lot of deep understanding. It's install was straightforward.
Using it, I feel "closer" to my computer.
| Distribution | Last tested | LiveUSB | Package Management | Rolling Release | systemd? | Ease |
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| Slackware | 2016-03-25 - 14.1 | text installer | partial + third-party | security | No (1, 2, 3) | "other" |
