This release brings with it many major changes since slackware 12. The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Otherwise, you should just hit enter at the boot prompt to start the text mode installer. Or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. The perfect desktop slackware 12 this tutorial shows how you can set up a slackware 12 gnulinux desktop that is a fullfledged replacement f. The slackware project has announced a new stable release of the worlds oldest surviving linux distribution. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Feel free to take these now, but consider supporting the project with a visit to store. There are some sections particularly configuration and installation of the documentation which can be copied and pasted verbatim. Available with a choice of ubuntu, linux mint or zorin os preinstalled with many more distributions supported. Slackware is a registered trademark of slackware linux, inc. Patrick volkerding has announced the release of slackware linux 14.
Jul 02, 2016 slackwares boot prompt is usually used for entering specific parameters, in case you have a very old computer. Slackware, in fact, once again adheres to not making changes for the changes sake. These were added to slackware, only after the release of 14. Intel chips, and on some amd video adapters with help of xvbavadriver. The instructions will tell you to put these in usrlib64vadrv, but recent versions of vaapi seem to look for them in usrlib64dri. On that site are thousands of scripts you can download and use to install everything from system tools to desktop tools. Likewise, a slackware live edition can only be created for slackware 14. The first step is to download the appropriate driver from the nvidia unix drivers website.
Download smtube packages for alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, freebsd, kaos, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware, solus, ubuntu. Make sure you have everything ready your pc and the installation disks. Debian vs slackware which operating system is better. Need guide for using xvbavaapi with ati graphic hardware on. Its not only nvidia with linux problems that cause upstream. Older releases of slackware have a kernel that is too old to support liveslaks use of the overlayfs kernel functionality, and are lacking the squashfs tools. Video acceleration api vaapi is a specification and open source library to provide both hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding, developed by intel.
However, i download mplayer with vaapi support from here. Pa was introduced for sheer and sane reason of providing device support. The rest of the rooms were easy to drop wires from the attic, so i just went crazy and wired the whole house. Hardware video acceleration makes it possible for the video card to decodeencode video, thus offloading the cpu and saving power. Slackware arms officially supported platforms are installed using the same slackware installer as used on the x86 for supported platforms, this is the recommended route. Order the latest version of slackware linux on cdrom 6 cds in all, or the whole distribution on a single dvd from the slackware store or, you can get your slackware isos through bittorrent using our torrents page. Unfortunately for you i do not own an ati card, so i can not compile this software into a slackware package. Slackware linux, continues its celebrated tradition of simplicity, stability, and security with each new release. This isnt necessarily a bad thing, because it gives a lot more control to the user. Openshot video editor is a free, opensource, nonlinear video editor. Download libva packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, fedora, freebsd, kaos, netbsd, slackware, solus.
It can create and edit videos and movies using many popular video, audio, and image formats. From the beginning, slackware has offered a stable and secure linux distribution for unix veterans as well as an easytouse system for beginners. Feel free to take these now, but consider supporting the project with a visit to store thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running. This community is built on the principle that sharing knowledge is good for humanity. The xvbavideo driver of splitteddesktop made xvba available through vaapi. Darren, thanks for putting out that info for the group. Xvideo bitstream acceleration xvba, designed by amd graphics for its radeon gpu and fusion apu, is an arbitrary extension of the x video extension xv for the x window system on linux operatingsystems. I was planning to install slackware linux, but i wasnt sure if it comes with gui or not. Overall, slackware is a very fast, stable and reliable linux distribution that can be transformed in anything you want.
Slackware is very minimalistic with its package manager, especially compared to debian. Order the latest version of slackware linux on cdrom 6 cds in all, or the whole distribution on a single dvd from the slackware store. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power. You have to build xvbavideo package and install mplayervaapi available in. Nov 03, 20 the official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Vdpauvaapi backend hardware accel on intelamd in flash and. If you are installing slackware as a virtual machine, make sure your vmware player or server are properly configured and that you have the necessary. Mar 12, 2015 autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Xvbabased backend for va api amd fglrx implementation. Ive never been able to successfully install desktop environment from command line, so i would like to know this before i spend 4 hours downloading slackware dvd.
In past posts, i talked a bit about video decoding in vlc, particularly using the. This updated version brings many enhancements, including xfce 4. Decoding hd video in vlc alien pastures your feedback. This also allows for offline installation where no internet access is available.
When we bought the current residence, i opened the walls in about half the rooms before we moved in. I have an issue with network manager that ive also experienced on other distros using wifi, but i think this is fixable, or an ethernet connection should resolve it. May 11, 2011 10 reasons why you should give slackware linux a chance. Slackware includes everything youll need to run a powerful server or workstation. If you need mp3aac encoding support, a fullfeatured version can be downloaded from this nonus mirror.
This release has shown in a clear and straightforward manner that pat isnt mad conservative zealot. Apr 17, 2018 slackware linux, continues its celebrated tradition of simplicity, stability, and security with each new release. Slackware linux provides new and experienced users alike with a fullyfeatured system, equipped to serve in any capacity from desktop workstation to machineroom server. View our range including the star lite, star labtop and more. Which versions of libva and xvba did you install, and from where.
Thanks for helping to keep slackware up and running. Linux experience, and covers the slackware linux installation, basic gnulinux commands and the configuration of slackware linux. On that site are thousands of scripts you can download and use to install everything from system tools to. And what if i want to keep using my mplayervaapi build for playing 1080p videos. The easiest way to provide documentation in a format that supports this, is to have them as plain ascii text. Note what the arch linux page has to say about this. These flavors of slackware and debian can boot off cd, dvd, usb, and hard drive with persistence, toram, and can be on any fat32ntfs or ext234 formatted filesystems. Your donation powers our service to the foss community. If you believe in this philosophy too, then you have found a welcoming home. I have installed xvbavideo from the source git tree here. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
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