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How To Set Up Slackware Linux as a PC Router

By Fuad NAHDI April 26, 2012

This article tries to show you how to set up Slackware Linux running as a PC router. The Slackware will do IP forwarding and network address translation (NAT) so any workstations inside the LAN (local area network) will be able to connect to internet.

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How To Install Slackware Linux 13.37 [Video]

By Fuad NAHDI April 16, 2012

Slackware is a free and open source Linux-based operating system which was created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. It is one of the oldest Linux distributions currently being maintained.

Unlike other Linux distros which provide windowing graphical user interface during the installation, Slackware uses simple and text based user interface in the installation process. This makes people who get started in Slackware will find difficulties when installing Slackware Linux on their computer / server.

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Slackware 13.37 Leet Screenshots

By Fuad NAHDI June 3, 2011

Slackware 13.37 was released on April 27, 2011. It is code-named as 'LEET' and uses the 2.6.37.6 Linux kernel, pre-installed with Firefox 4 browser. For the XWindow application, I would prefer to use XFCE4 rather than use KDE or Gnome because it is far simpler and faster.

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Install Google Chrome on Slackware 13.37

By Fuad NAHDI June 1, 2011

When you install the latest google chrome browser on Slackware 13.37, you might encounter an error message telling you that 'libpam.so.0' is missing and chrome browser can not be started.

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Console Cisco devices using ATEN UC232A USB to Serial Converter on Slackware Linux

By Fuad NAHDI November 19, 2010

If you are also a Linux user that use Linux distro such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, Slackware, etc installed on your PC or laptop/notebook, it is a must that your Linux is able to configure the Cisco devices via the console port. In this tutorial I will show you how to console Cisco devices using ATEN UC232A USB to Serial Converter on Linux, I use Slackware 13.1 and using minicom tool.

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Install Wifi Driver RTL8191SE on Slackware Linux

By Fuad NAHDI November 18, 2010

This tutorial will show you how to install Wifi RTL8191SE driver for Linux kernel 2.6.X on Slackware 13.1. It also should be applicable to any Linux distros such as Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mandriva, OpenSUSE , etc running kernel 2.6.X

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How to Install LibreOffice 3.3.0 Beta2 on Slackware 13.1

By Fuad NAHDI November 14, 2010

LibreOffice is a productivity suite that is compatible with other major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms. It is free software and therefore free to download, use and distribute. This tutorial will show you how to install LibreOffice, at the time of this writing is version 3.3.0 Beta2, on Slackware 13.1 running on 32-bit architecture. It should be applicable on any version of Slackware.

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How to install Flock Browser on Slackware 13.1

By Fuad NAHDI July 7, 2010

Flock is a social web browser that pulls all of your favorite people, places and content together in a convenient view and delivers a more personal experience of the web, where its users are more easily connected to what's important to them. The current latest stable version is v2.6.1. This tutorial will show you how to install Flock 2.6.1 on Slackware 13.1

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How to install Opera Browser in Linux (Slackware 13.1)

By Fuad NAHDI July 7, 2010

Opera is claimed as the fastest web browser on earth even some benchmarks show that it is beaten by Google Chrome. It is OK. We will not talk about browser benchmarking here. In this tutorial I want to show you how to install Opera Browser 10.60 on Linux (in this case I use Slackware 13.1)

Linux Slackware

The easiest way to install Google Chrome on Slackware 13.1

By Fuad NAHDI June 8, 2010

This tutorial will show you on how to install Google Chrome Browser on Slackware 13.1. Basically there are already plenty of tutorials about this on the net but this is the easiest way to install it.