Month: May 2010
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The Slackware 13.1 Interview
Slackware releases are like a big shiny new birthday present for me ( in fact mine’s just around the corner, hint hint ) even though I follow -current mostly. It means that the distro is at a point where new packages have been added, others upgraded and bugs worked out. And Patrick, and the rest…
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VP8 vs H264
Apparently the MPEG-LA forum, which manages a pool of patents relating to H.264, thinks that any implementation of video will be encompassed by one or more patents from its patent pool. Not only does this reek of megalomania, but it also shows just how far gone the US patent system had gone down hill. It…
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Slackware64 Multilib and GSB
I’ve had a few queries on setting up Slackware64 Multilib as well as GSB with -current. It’s not difficult at all but just requires one to follow a strict set of steps. Multilib Eric Hameleers ( Alien ) has the definite write-up on Multilib on his site however I’ll provide a short synopsis here for…
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Slackware 13.1 rc 1 available
Upgrade to kernel 2.6.33.4, gcc 4.4.4 and glibc 2.11.1. JDK 6u20 in extra and usblp back in cups
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All root servers now offering DNSSEC
Verisign’s J root server was switched over to DNSSEC yesterday bringing the entire authoritative DNS system onto the new security platform. Alhough all the root servers are serving a signed version of the root zone, these are not yet able to be validated as the public key has not yet been disclosed. This allows the…