Saturday, September 15, 2007

Turn on NumLock at system startup

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root access needed .... Add this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local : for tty in /dev/tty[1-6]; do /usr/bin/setleds -D +num done and make sure /etc/...

Splash Screen for KDE

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Some nice Slackware Splash Screens: FBSlackware Tux Splash Collection This is how I got them to work on my computer: - download the tar.gz f...

Customizing Environment

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Let's do a little tweaking to customize the environment (add color to the command prompt, disable beep, set up aliased commands and cust...
Monday, September 10, 2007

Kmenu Icon

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Let's change that [K] Icon with something more appropriate for Slackware! before: after: You will need root access for this! First of al...

KDE Menu Sidebar Image Improvement [KMSBII]

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Now this is really cool! before: after: Go here and download it! unpack, and then ./install.sh user (only for you) or ./install.sh system...
Friday, September 07, 2007

Slackware Theme For Lilo

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A Very Nice Slackware Theme for LILO! Info and download @ kdelook.org

Flash Support in Firefox

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Download the Flash Player Plugin package from linuxpackages.net and install it with pkgtool. Restart Firefox and enjoy. http://www.linuxpack...

Slackware Update

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I keep my box updated with SlackPkg. Slackpkg is a tool for installing or upgrading packages through network. You can find this in the extr...
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KMysqldmin

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This is a nice KDE application for managing your MySQL Server. Unfortunately it is no longer maintained. At this time there is no package f...

MySQL Configuration

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You need root privileges for this. You should already have a mysql group and user. if not, create them with groupadd mysql useradd -g mysql ...

HTTPD (Apache) Server Configuration

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All these customizations are made by editing the apache configuration file located at /etc/httpd/httpd.conf You need to edit this file as ro...

Format a Floppy Disk

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1. Open up a console and, as root, type fdisk /dev/fd0 2. Type d to delete partitions. If it says " Selected partition 1 " go to ...
Saturday, September 01, 2007

Shilo is a geek!

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Shilo has many useful Slackware tips on his website. This is a must for any Slackware newbie! Very well organized too. Great job Shilo! http...
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Welcome Gentle Reader!

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This is my Slackware Linux Blog, describing the settings and customization I use to personalize my Slackware 12.0 install. I'm a beginne...
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