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by gapan
29. Nov 2024, 22:41
Forum: Problems
Topic: Thunar stopped mounting units in Fluxbox in Salix 15 XFCE
Replies: 5
Views: 2652

Re: Thunar stopped mounting units in Fluxbox in Salix 15 XFCE

Oooh, right! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for posting the solution Pai Mei!
by gapan
18. Nov 2024, 19:37
Forum: General
Topic: Are tar.xz and txz the same?
Replies: 7
Views: 1197

Re: Are tar.xz and txz the same?

You misunderstood laprjns's post. The Slackbuild was for current, the package he built with it is for 15.0. In fact I just tried it and it works. The complete list of dependencies is:
aaa_libraries
aspell
at-spi2-atk
at-spi2-core
atk
brotli
bzip2
cairo
cyrus-sasl
db48
dbus
e2fsprogs
elfutils ...
by gapan
16. Nov 2024, 10:14
Forum: Documentation
Topic: How-To: Install the Typst Compiler Locally on Salix OS 15.0
Replies: 1
Views: 264

Re: How-To: Install the Typst Compiler Locally on Salix OS 15.0

Nice! I've wanted to try typst for a while.
by gapan
15. Nov 2024, 23:03
Forum: Problems
Topic: Oddball K3B Issue
Replies: 3
Views: 618

Re: Oddball K3B Issue

Maybe putting a .desktop file that launches a script like the following in your ~/.config/autostart would work then?

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP" = "kde" ]; then
dolphin --daemon
fi

Not sure if KDE uses the XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP variable, it probably does, but you could also check for ...
by gapan
13. Nov 2024, 13:16
Forum: Problems
Topic: Update kills XFCE
Replies: 16
Views: 1408

Re: Update kills XFCE

Then something else is wrong with your old home. I'm not sure what, it could even be a hardware problem and your hard drive (SSD?) has failed where the files on your old home are stored.

I would start by comparing the two homes and see if there is anything missing, with wrong permissions or ...
by gapan
13. Nov 2024, 12:34
Forum: General
Topic: Are tar.xz and txz the same?
Replies: 7
Views: 1197

Re: Are tar.xz and txz the same?


Well, this blog entry left me disoriented.
Why?


Then main reason for to use Slackware, (well, Salix because I am a little lazy :)) after some years using a Debian's derivative is, in theory, the ease of compiling programs. In these years I've compiled four o five programs with success.
Sure ...
by gapan
12. Nov 2024, 16:48
Forum: Problems
Topic: Oddball K3B Issue
Replies: 3
Views: 618

Re: Oddball K3B Issue

by gapan
12. Nov 2024, 07:25
Forum: General
Topic: Are tar.xz and txz the same?
Replies: 7
Views: 1197

Re: Are tar.xz and txz the same?

All right. Good question. It deserves a new FAQ page:

https://docs.salixos.org/faq/install-txz-found-online/
by gapan
11. Nov 2024, 07:17
Forum: Salix pub
Topic: Torn-Def:Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces.
Replies: 1
Views: 422

Re: Torn-Def:Disrupted by the pull of contrary forces.

Hi John! Welcome back!

Here's a tip: if you really want to run the latest version, remove the libreoffice package, and install the flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/org.libreoffice.LibreOffice

or just
flatpak install flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice

Then just run
flatpak update
every now ...
by gapan
8. Nov 2024, 08:33
Forum: Problems
Topic: Update kills XFCE
Replies: 16
Views: 1408

Re: Update kills XFCE

Does the user in the old home have the same UID as the user in your new installation?