Like all laptops, the newly acquired Thinkpad T580 came with . . .

After toying with Windows 10 for some hours the time . . .

In the house network the Lenovo T400 laptop has a . . .

Syntax highlighting is a useful tool and nowadays a common . . .

Slackware often is tagged as the oldest surviving Linux distro. . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, a system . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several times . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an oddball . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an annoying . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, indexes on . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, attempting to . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, using SSH . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and when . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and resolving . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the vintage . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the mouse . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several shell . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, despite several . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

Preparing to update computer systems is always a challenge. There . . .

On the check list to break away from GTK is . . .

After poking around the Core install there did not seem . . .

GTK has become a proverbial thorn in the side. The . . .

Walking away from updating to Slackware 15.0 was a healthy . . .

Slackware is designed to be a Unix like operating system . . .

The development of free/libre software moves at a relentless, some . . .

Through the years I notice that updating each new Slackware . . .

I continue to test updating to Slackware 15.0 . . .

I continue to test updating to Slackware 15.0 . . .

On the office computer the ethtool command does not display . . .

One of the irregularities while testing 15.0 were error messages . . .

I have not been restless or eager about updating my . . .

For me the next step with updating Slackware is compiling . . .

Slackware 15.0 was released February 2, 2022 22:22 UTC — more . . .

I found more issues while testing the upcoming Slackware 15 . . .

I found more issues while testing the upcoming Slackware 15 . . .

I found several issues after creating support scripts to help . . .

Resolving a problem is a challenge when something “just works” . . .

My first attempt at updating Slackware 14.2 to the upcoming . . .

I really dislike updating operating systems. My dislike goes back . . .

The home office computer is a pseudo server as well . . .

I maintain a virtual machine (VM) of Slackware Current. I . . .

For no significant reason I decided to disable ipv6 on . . .

I was browsing some of my writing and computer notes. . . .

At work I discovered that one of our network connected . . .

For the past couple of months my office desktop occasionally . . .

Slackware 14.2 received a 4.4.115 kernel update related to the . . .

Slackware 14.2 received a 4.4.111 kernel update related to the . . .

I decided on another big purge . . .

All computer systems in the house are now updated to . . .

My server was the last system updated to Slackware 14.2. . . .

While updating the living room media player to Slackware 14.2, . . .

A curiosity encountered during my updating from Slackware 14.1 to . . .

Another problem I encountered with updating my living room media . . .

After updating my office desktop and laptop to Slackware 14.2, . . .

I have maintained a list of quirks and unresolved issues . . .

For the past several weeks I have been testing Slackware . . .

I have been using Slackware since 10.0. That would be . . .

Although I tested Salix as a potential preferred desktop, I . . .

Satisfied with my preliminary testing in a virtual machine (VM), . . .

Unlike Slackware, the intended Salix package management tool is slapt-get . . .

Of the many mysteries and unfinished stories in my life, . . .

I expected this day to arrive . . .

In my tinkering with Slackware 14.2 with the intent of . . .

I do not like laptop trackpads. They are not a . . .

In my journey to update all of my Slackware 14.1 . . .

I stopped my big update to Slackware 14.2 64-bit. A . . .

I am a tad late for the party. Slackware 14.2 . . .

I do not like updating computer operating systems. I am . . .

I created an Ubuntu Apt Cache Proxy Virtual Machine (VM). . . .

I reduced my distro usage to two distros. This has . . .

Some days ago I awakened from my sleep several hours . . .

For some time I have wanted to build a dedicated . . .

The MATE desktop is not part of the official stock . . .

Several operating system updates loom on the horizon for me. . . .

I mentioned that I like the simplicity Slackware provides but . . .

While mostly I use Fedora as my preferred desktop system . . .