Yet Another Waste of Space

gtk-chtheme (gtk+ 2.0 Change Theme) is a small utility that can be used to modify settings for GTK2 themes. This is handy for editing items like font face and size for GTK+2 applications in an environment that does not use GNOME, for example Thunderbird and Firefox in Slackware. The package can be found at the [...]

The following packages in the Slackware 12.2 repository have been updated: ffmpeg lame gnome-vfs libgnome libbonobo These updates only address some typos in the respective slack-required files.

About 1/3 of my binary Slackware packages have been rebuilt for the new Slackware version 12.2. This also marks the beginning of moving away from the GNOME SlackBuild repository for meeting some of the dependencies. There is nothing wrong with GSB; they have done a fantastic job. Rather, I don’t have much need for a [...]

Yesterday Pat and the Slackware crew released version 12.2. Over the next few days I will set up a development machine for 12.2 and rebuild all of my packages for that version. Keep an eye out for updates.

An rTorrent 0.8.2 package has been added to the repository for Slackware 12.1.  It can be found at slackware.opennix.com, or downloaded directly below: rtorrent-0.8.2-i686-1_mm.tgz Packages for the dependencies, libtorrent and libsigc++, have also been added.  Those can be found at the location below: http://slackware.opennix.com/?slackversion=12.1&category=libraries

I’ve finally gotten my repository of Slackware packages online at http://slackware.opennix.com/. This is a collection of binary Slackbuilds I’ve made for my own use. However, they’re now available for anyone to use. Currently only packages for Slackware 12.1 exist. Once 12.2 is finalized I will rebuild everything for that version, as well. This blog will [...]