Yet Another Waste of Space

A few days ago the MAME developers released 0.139. I’ve updated the Slackware64 13.1 package to this newest version. mame-0.139

For the longest time I’ve had issues editing crontab entries for the root user when setting the VISUAL environment variable to /usr/bin/vim and using “crontab -e”. The existing crontab would be displayed in the editor. I could make changes and save them. However, the changes weren’t written to actual crontab file for root. I had [...]

GParted 0.6.1 fixed a few critical bugs that existed in 0.6.0, so I’ve created a new Slackware64 13.1 package for GParted. I’ve also modified the build script for this package to allow for different graphical ‘su’ applications when launching GParted. My package is now built to use gksu by default. If a different one is [...]

In looking for a graphical ‘su’ program to replace the use of kdesu when running Xfce, I ran across ktsuss and gksu. I would prefer to use ktsuss, as the requirements for it are much lighter than those of gksu. However, in testing I did not find an option for ktsuss to inherit the environment [...]

At long last Wine version 1.2 has been released. Get a binary Slackware64 13.1 package here: wine-1.2

Here’s a binary package of Wine 1.2-rc7 for Slackware64 13.1. This may be the final release candidate before the final 1.2 release. wine-1.2rc7

I’ve built a Slackware64 13.1 package for Pidgin, the GTK+ multiple protocol messaging client. I realize Slackware includes a package for Pidgin. However, the one available in the base distribution does not support video and/or voice chat. My package includes that support by way of Farsight2 and libnice. Download the binary package for Pidgin: pidgin-2.7.1 [...]

I’ve built a Mumble 1.2.2 package for Slackware64 13.1. From their web page: “Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.” The package includes both the client, Mumble; and the server, Murmur. mumble-1.2.2 There were a few dependencies to track down and build. This package does [...]

Nothing new added in this update. Rather, several of the Slackware 13.1 packages have been upgraded to newer versions. Here is the list of upgrades: gparted 0.5.2 -> 0.6.0 libmatroska 0.9.0 -> 1.0.0 mkvtoolnix 3.4.0 -> 4.1.0 meld 1.3.1 -> 1.3.2 rhythmbox 0.12.8 -> 0.13.0 (Would not build without gnome-keyring, so that is now a [...]

Wine 1.2rc6 was released today. I’ve built a package for Slackware64 13.1: wine-1.2rc6