Here’s a good up-to-date installation guide which mentions the most common pitfalls: https://ratfactor.com/slackware/new-computer
Note that the author uses Slackware’s default elilo bootloader. I prefer installing grub, which will be the default in the next release.
change to default runlevel 4 in /etc/inittab, to boot into a graphical desktop
install and setup slackpkgplus, a plugin to Slackware’s package manager that lets you use additional repositories, especially the alienbob repo
install flatpak from that repo to make your life easier
But I can’t stress enough that if you’re just looking for a good, functional Linux distro that works as you’d expect, this isn’t the right one.
It’s a museum piece. You’ll face issues that other distro’s maintainers have solved or hidden away long ago.
It takes a special kind of curiosity and interest in the history of Linux to enjoy this as a new user.
And the only reward is an operating system so simple in design you’ll soon know every part of it inside and out, and which then won’t change on you or do anything unexpected.
Here’s a good up-to-date installation guide which mentions the most common pitfalls:
https://ratfactor.com/slackware/new-computer
Note that the author uses Slackware’s default elilo bootloader. I prefer installing grub, which will be the default in the next release.
To install grub during installation:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/howto-install-grub-on-slackware-with-efi-4175727510-print/
Afterwards, you’ll probably want to:
But I can’t stress enough that if you’re just looking for a good, functional Linux distro that works as you’d expect, this isn’t the right one.
It’s a museum piece. You’ll face issues that other distro’s maintainers have solved or hidden away long ago.
It takes a special kind of curiosity and interest in the history of Linux to enjoy this as a new user.
And the only reward is an operating system so simple in design you’ll soon know every part of it inside and out, and which then won’t change on you or do anything unexpected.