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The Stealth Desktop: Sight and Sound With Slackware

Posted by timothy on from the but-slackware's-text-only-right dept.

sombragris writes "Many people think of Slackware as a distribution oriented to servers and experienced users. However, here's an article that shows how to configure sound and the X Window System in Slack, in a newbie-friendly way and oriented towards desktop usage. The article is a follow-up to Part I of the series, where the author introduced his vision of Slackware as a desktop. Enjoy!"

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  1. Re:Gentoo by Too+Much+Noise · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would worry if they expect to be working on their computer in any less than a week

    bah, so many people in need of a clue!

    You can have gentoo up and running in several hours (plus download time) if you install the precompiled versions of the big packages. Then you can start updating at your leisure. You'll need the 'several days' timeframe to get up to date, but you don't need to be up to date to start working.