Thanks!

Still not working I'm afraid.

Unable to find all specified slackbuilds.

Thanks. I did initially install postgresql and unixODBC because they're requirements for soci.

After sudo slapt-src -i soci I get:

Unable to find all specified slackbuilds.

I would like to install rstudio which is an IDE for the R programming language. There is a Salix package for the legacy 32bit version but rather surprisingly not one for 64bit, so I installed the necessary requirements as listed on slackbuilds.org : https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/developmen...

Thanks, djemos, very helpful!

From experience I know that printers can be tricky in Linux. Brother is often recommended because they supply Linux drivers, and my last printer was a Brother, but all their drivers are 32 bit so I'll have to install multilib which is not advised. So can anyone recommend a printer which works out of...

I like Salix so much I've now installed it on my main desktop. It runs just as fast as my previous Q4OS debian stable system with Trinity DE, if not faster. I had an issue with Libreoffice crashing on startup, immediately after the splash screen, which is hardware dependent apparently, according to ...

Hi SalixManiac,

I opted for a full install instead. It runs fast enough so I won't bother with icewm for now; I may tinker a bit when I've got used to the Slackware/Salix way of doing things.

Welcome to Salix/Slackware, I think you'll like it.

Thanks, and I do!

I'm new to Slackware/Salix although have been using Debian flavoured distros for some years. I have an old netbook (intel Atom, 1Gb RAM) and would like to use icewm instead of Xfce. The wiki explains how to do this, so accordingly I installed core from salixlive, which went fine. However, when tryin...