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I first found Salix around two years ago, and recently started using it again. The only reason I switched away last time was because I had to run some programs on Windows that wouldn't work in WINE, but now I've found good Linux equivalents so I've been trying out LInux distros.

So far, Salix is working remarkably well. I've installed Debian, in which my network card mysteriously became slow, and CentOS, which had an old buggy version of XFCE, before remembering Salix. Everything I need to do works perfectly out of the box.

If there was one thing I would like to request, it would be more packages available through installation by slapt-get. SlackBuilds are fine and all, but it's nice to be able to upgrade all installed package with a single command.

When I have time, I'd like to find some way to contribute to Salix. The slkbuild tool looks like approachable for packaging, so maybe I will try that for some package I can't find in the future.

Thanks again for the wonderful Linux distro!

Hi and welcome back to Salix

jonathanyc wrote:If there was one thing I would like to request, it would be more packages available through installation by slapt-get. SlackBuilds are fine and all, but it's nice to be able to upgrade all installed package with a single command.

Keep in mind that maintaining packages is a lot of work and our team is small and busy. BTW: Did you try slapt-src/sourcery?

jonathanyc wrote:If there was one thing I would like to request, it would be more packages available through installation by slapt-get. SlackBuilds are fine and all, but it's nice to be able to upgrade all installed package with a single command.

You can use the command Do you know how to remove the version number after the package name?
e.g. turn xmpppy-0.5.0rc1-i486-1gv into xmpppy.