Three weeks ago, the quarterly (security and stability) updates to various Java source code repositories were released. This means, new packages for OpenJDK versions 8, 11 and 17 are now in my Slackware repository. It took a while but hey, here they are.
For OpenJDK 8 I still use icedtea to compile the Java sources because it is convenient. The more modern
Last I tried screwing around with #zfs, #KVM and #qemu on #slackware I had a bunch of fun with scripts from sbo and dependency hell – since neither is an official slack package.
How does this fare in 2024 if I were to try to get a headless host for my stuff (qubes-like but I like pain)?
I also refreshed what I’m calling the “pkg_dump” of #slackware#aarch64 package builds yesterday. There’s a shit-ton of stuff there, like a full gnome 46 desktop, and the latest Firefox 125.0.1, MAME, i3, sway, hyprland, etc. https://slackware.lngn.net/pub/aarch64/pkg_dump/
Miss the good times when you could buy #slackware#linux install discs - either from Linux magazines or directly from the maintainer. I’m a bit nostalgic, one might say.
Updated the #nwgshell#slackware#aarch64 repo earlier with the python 3.11 upgrades, as well as pushed all the other updates needed in other repos. NOW I can focus on real updates like hyprland and updating the WebKit-gtk package and deps. Wee! https://slackware.lngn.net/
Initial python3.11 update pushed to the #nwgshell#slackware repo. I think it should all be good, I’ll fix up any issues later. It’s past my bed time now. Let me know if anything’s broken! 👍
So, openssh backdoor through a patch applied by some distros to make it work with systemd, which itself is vulnerable because of a compromise of the LZMA / xz code.
Any #slackware#current#nwgshell users want to try the latest hyprland, I’m not adding it to the repo (yet) but I put the needed pkgs here: https://slackware.lngn.net/pub/staging/ install/upgrade them in your existing (x86_64) install. It works, but I haven’t tested all the things yet.
Updated dav1d, libaom, and webkit2gtk-2.44.0 for #nwgshell#slackware and the readme’s still read, so I’ll call these upgrades safe to push to the repo today. I’ll have to look and see if anything else has slipped past me, but I think we’re basically all up to date already, except for hyprland (and updates always break things), I’ll look into that one. https://slackware.lngn.net/pub/x86_64/slackware64-current/nwg-shell/ChangeLog.txt
:computerfairies: The History of Slackware - by Bradford Morgan White
「 After the announcement was made, the server began crashing again and again due to the flood of FTP connections from folks trying to download the twenty four floppies comprising the initial release. This problem was solved by Walnut Creek CDROM who offered space on ftp.cdrom.com 」
I have a news alert on Google that is configured to send me an email if someone mentioned #OpenBSD or #Slackware ...
The last two alerts received obviously did not make any sense at all, so either Google Alert is useless (which it has been for a long time, to be honest) or AI sites are increasingly pushing nonsense content down the Googleplex throat. Or both.
Methinks both. AI is going to be the end of the Internet as a useful tool.