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  • Binary Packages Are Now GPG Signed

    For whatever reason I had only been signing the CHECKSUMS.md5 file for my package repository, and not the packages themselves. Now I have implemented automatic signing of packages as they are added and updated in the repository. Now, a GPG signature file will exist along with the corresponding binary package. This will only be available [...]

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    May 31st, 2011 | Filed under Linux, Slackware
  • Wireshark Package for Slackware 13.37 Updated to 1.4.7

    Wireshare 1.4.7 has been released. This is a bug fix and security release (more info). I have built a new package for Slackware64 13.37, and it is ready for download.

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    May 31st, 2011 | Filed under Linux, Slackware
  • oxygen-gtk Package Added for Slackware 13.37

    Generally I prefer a constant look and feel to the applications running on my computers, regardless of the window manager, desktop environment, widget toolkit, etc. that I happen to be using. QT 4 applications already behave quite nicely in a GTK+2 environment. However, I’ve been toying with the idea of moving back to KDE from [...]

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    May 22nd, 2011 | Filed under Linux, Slackware
  • Slackware 13.37 SlackBuild Scripts and Binary Packages Are Ready

    Only three weeks late this time around. All of the slackbuilds and binary packages for Slackware64 13.37 are ready to go. I still don’t have packages for both 32- and 64-bit architecture. Only the 64-bit binaries are ready to go. I do still intend to work out a fairly painless way for me to maintain [...]

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    May 20th, 2011 | Filed under Linux, Slackware
  • Slackware 13.37 Released

    Pat and crew recently released a new version of Slackware, 13.37. I am now starting the process of building my packages for this new release. A notice will be posted here when they are finished (or mostly finished minus a few stubborn packages). One of the changes I will be making this time around is [...]

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    May 1st, 2011 | Filed under Linux, Slackware
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