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Day: March 28, 2026

Oust the orange clown

March 28, 2026 / alienbob

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RSS slackware64-current

  • 19 updates. Including a (* Security fix *)! October 14, 2026
    Wed Oct 14 00:05:38 UTC 2026a/bcachefs-tools-1.39.7-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.a/grub-2.16-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt. "GRUB_GFXMODE=0x0 may be harmful" After extensive testing here, I have one machine that produces a black screen with our old GRUB_GFXMODE= setting. I have two machines that are borderline unusable with GRUB_GFXMODE=0x0 because they have 2K and 4K displays and the RTX cards running from UEFI unaccelerated […]
  • 13 updates October 11, 2026
    Sun Oct 11 23:01:52 UTC 2026a/aaa_base-16.0-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt. If /var/mail is a directory containing files, move them to /var/spool/mail before replacing the directory with a symlink. Thanks to A3i.a/kernel-generic-7.2.10-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.d/cargo-c-0.10.26-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.d/kernel-headers-7.2.10-x86-1.txz: Upgraded.d/llvm-23.1.3-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt. Add NVPTX target. Thanks to A3i.k/kernel-source-7.2.10-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.l/netpbm-11.16.01-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.l/python-numpy-2.5.4-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.x/libdrm-2.4.134-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt. Build with option -Dinstall-test-programs=true. Thanks to A3i.xap/xscreensaver-6.17-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.kernels/*: Upgraded.usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

RSS my slackbuilds

  • Fri, 9 Oct 2026 20:21:49 GMT October 9, 2026
    chromium-ungoogled: updated 32bit to 155.0.8059.39 (Slackware 15.0 & onwards).
  • Fri, 9 Oct 2026 10:07:55 GMT October 9, 2026
    chromium-ungoogled: updated 64bit to 155.0.8059.39 (Slackware 15.0 & onwards).

RSS multilib

  • Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:47:05 GMT September 12, 2026
    current/compat32-tools: add l/highway l/libjxl and l/pdfio to massconvert32.sh current/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages.
  • Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:32:11 GMT August 10, 2026
    current/compat32-tools: to massconvert32.sh added l/spdlog current/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages.

RSS SBo

  • SlackBuilds.org changes for Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:18:58 GMT October 10, 2026
    academic/ViennaRNA: Updated script academic/gri: Updated script academic/ktikz: Fixed compilation error in stable and current. academic/locarna: Updated script academic/ngspice-jit: Updated for version 46.10. academic/parmetis: Removed (Unmaintained and 404). academic/pspp: Updated for version 2.1.2. academic/python3-scipy: Allow it to work with newer pythran academic/stellarium: Updated for version v26.3 academic/xcircuit: orphaned - no maintainer. audio/acousticbrainz-music-extractor: Fix homepage. audio/alsacap: Align […]
  • SlackBuilds.org changes for Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:47:31 GMT October 3, 2026
    academic/AstroImageJ: Orphaned (unmaintained). academic/OpenFOAM: Updated for version 14. academic/geomview: Orphaned (unmaintained). academic/irsim: Orphaned (unmaintained). academic/magic: Orphaned (unmaintained). academic/python2-scipy: New maintainer. academic/sage: Orphaned (unmaintained). academic/xsimd: Make BUILD_TESTS optional academic/zotero: update to 10.0.5 accessibility/easystroke: Updated script + new maintainer. audio/JDSP4Linux: Orphaned (unmaintained). audio/SongRec: Orphaned (unmaintained). audio/fmit: Add no-update note to README. audio/jalv: Add no-update note to README. […]

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