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jloc0<p>Ended up home from work exceptionally early today, so <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lxqt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lxqt</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> and more got some updates for my <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> repos. <a href="https://slackware.lngn.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">slackware.lngn.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alien BOB<p>Mastodon FollowPacks and more</p><p>I recently quit using Twitter altogether. Its owner has been abusing the platform for political gain and profit. It made no sense to keep supporting that. I am more active on Mastodon anyway, the friendly federated social platform that all of you should prefer over Twitter, BlueSky or Threads ;-)<br>I wrote an article about switching to Mastodon a w</p><p><a href="https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/mastodon-followpacks-and-more/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alien.slackbook.org/blog/masto</span><span class="invisible">don-followpacks-and-more/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Me" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Me</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a></p>
Alien BOB<p>Passkey to replace password plus 2FA</p><p>Are passkeys the future?<br>Increasingly, applications and web sites pop up the suggestion that you should create a passkey to make the login process easier for you.<br>Hmm, you think. I just enabled two-factor authentication to make the login more secure, and now I need to change methods again to make my life e</p><p><a href="https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/passkey-to-replace-password-plus-2fa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alien.slackbook.org/blog/passk</span><span class="invisible">ey-to-replace-password-plus-2fa/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/2fa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2fa</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/key" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>key</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/passkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passkey</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/password" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>password</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sync</span></a></p>
jloc0<p>I've updated both <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwgshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwgshell</span></a> liveslak ISOs since the big python3.12 upgrade in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> everything needed some rebuilds. So I wanted to push ISOs that won't break when updated because they are updated ;) <a href="https://rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
jloc0<p>Rebuilt/updated local x86 gnome install. All the python I have left is qutebrowser &amp; pyqt6 to do. Time to reboot and see if gdm works! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a></p>
jloc0<p>Alright, as of this moment the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwgshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwgshell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> repo has been updated for python 3.12. Mostly rebuilds, but a few packages updated in the mix. Everything should be good to go for everyone now! (Until the update hits arm64 next week and I have to do it all over again 😅) <a href="https://slackware.lngn.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">slackware.lngn.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
jloc0<p>Seems a couple puthon3.11 packages either didn’t get upgraded or it didn’t clean up properly. M2Crypto sure appears to be installed there among a few packages I need to rebuild locally. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a></p>
jloc0<p>It seems the ‘kapidox’ rebuild still installs files into the python3.11 directory. I’ll have to fix it later, but everything else is good. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a></p>
jloc0<p>I’ve pushed <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> python 3.12 rebuilds to my x86_64 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> repo as well as updated to yt-dlp-2024.11.18. <a href="https://slackware.lngn.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">slackware.lngn.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Parade du Grotesque 💀<p>All right dinner is done now back to our ongoing series: let's put the house server together! </p><p>Tonight: torrent clients.</p><p>- Transmission is now CMake only with predictable results: I cannot compile the latest version... And the CMake error message is weird indeed. More investigations required.</p><p>- rtorrent requires libtorrent, which requires 'boost' - not an issue since boost is a standard package in Slackware. EXCEPT it also requires 'b2' which is not available on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a></p>
Boiling Steam<p>Quiz time! Don't check wikipedia or other sources before answering. Which distro in the following is the oldest? <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/suse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gentoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gentoo</span></a></p>
jloc0<p>Ummmmm… wow I was alerted hours ago python got bumped in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> current today to 3.12. For those using my <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwgshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwgshell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> and whatever else many things will be broken ATM. I work Friday nights and I’m AFK so I can’t prepare this one as of right now. Look for some update pushes tomorrow and maybe hold off on this giant current update until I post an all clear. (Or you can build them from source ;)</p>
Ric :linux:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> chose the first one but also <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> Linux it's a great alternative because it is true solid.</p>
Parade du Grotesque 💀<p>"Starting with ClamAV v0.105, a Rust toolchain is required to compile portions of libclamav."</p><p>Fortunately, Rust has been packaged for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> 15 🤓 </p><p>"configure" is done, "make" is running... 🤞</p>
jloc0<p>I’ve added ‘fcitx5-qt’ to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> repo as I’ve had a report the stock package was completely breaking Plasma 6 if you use fcitx5. Fix accredited to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://g0v.social/@ltlnx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ltlnx</span></a></span> whom was the mastermind behind the discovery. (I don’t use fcitx so if it breaks again, I might need a poke ;) <a href="https://slackware.lngn.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">slackware.lngn.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Parade du Grotesque 💀<p>Compiling OSSEC 3.7.0 under <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slackware</span></a> 15 requires you to edit the Makefile and change:</p><p>USE_SYSTEMD?=yes</p><p>to USE_SYSTEMD?=no</p><p>Because, of course, systemd. 🤦‍♂️</p>
jloc0<p>I also uploaded a new <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kde6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kde6</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> liveslak now with a complete hidden lxqt 2.1 kwin session. Just do “slackpkg install lxqt”, logout to sddm and choose the Wayland LXQt session. You’ll have to configure wallpapers to display manually (its default off) but there you have a light, portable desktop (with access to all kde has to offer) <a href="https://rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
jloc0<p>The time has come... after three long months I've updated the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwgshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwgshell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> liveslak system! Boasting the latest &amp; greatest nwg-shell using Sway &amp; Hyprland WMs, complete with 'sboui' setup for the SBo-clone Ponce current repo for your local installation of extra packages with a moderately full Slackware installation (with a backup xfce desktop). This is the hottest live ISO around! <a href="https://rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rekt.lngn.net/liveslak/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
smxi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lauren</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@Cliftographer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Cliftographer</span></a></span> Is reply thing result of blocks or bans?</p><p>Trying to replicate corporate web 2.0 systems in free software is questionable. Some bugs/failures are not fun to solve. Workers paid and have no choice beyond quitting. Google/Twitter can't solve bots or spam despite billions spent and 1000s of workers. ML problem that proves their ML doesn't work.</p><p>I got short CPU data issue in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inxi</span></a> that required rewriting several thousands LOC, massive testing by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a> to fix. &gt; 2 months.</p>
jloc0<p>This is the bug fix release I was waiting for! 👍 now I can make a new <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nwgshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nwgshell</span></a> liveslak tonight! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/slackware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slackware</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@nwgpiotr/113506575888124853" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstodon.org/@nwgpiotr/113506</span><span class="invisible">575888124853</span></a></p>