<p>Beni aka <span class="citation" data-cites="Navigium">@Navigium</span> visited Andrew aka <span class="citation" data-cites="mcnalu">@mcnalu</span> in Scotland as part of a cycling tour and they decided to record a follow up to <a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1660">their previous HPR show on Slackware</a> to mark the release of <a href="https://www.slackware.com/">Slackware</a> 14.2, or rather the first anniversary of its release.</p>
<p>Some points and links mentioned are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Arch is for fruitflies, Slackware for elephants?</li>
<li>Destroying a hard drive hammer or drill?</li>
<li>Grub vs Lilo?</li>
<li>Changes in Slackware - no changes an end user would notice! Pulseaudio now included as needed for bluetooth support. In Andrew's experience of 14.1 and before, only one package needed Pulseaudio, namely the game <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/70300/VVVVVV/">VVVVVV</a> and even then it just wanted to see it installed, didn't need it for sound to work!</li>
<li>You can get gnome for slackware with <a href="https://www.droplinegnome.org">dropline GNOME</a>.</li>
<li>Digression: Trains in Switzerland vs Scotland</li>
<li>Beni and Andrew generally build our packages using the <a href="https://slackbuilds.org">slackbuilds.org</a>. There can be dependency issues but it's rare. Worst case is Pandoc with its Haskell deps but <a href="https://sbopkg.org">sbopkg</a> queue files are a great help there. Beni recommends <a href="https://pink-mist.github.io/sbotools/">sbotools</a> as an alternative that deals with this and feels like portsnap on FreeBSD.</li>
<li>Digression: Recommend this HPR show on open-sourcing of <a href="https://player.fm/series/hacker-public-radio-62200/hpr2334-our-adventure-begins">Colossal Cave Adventure by ClaudioM</a>.</li>
<li>Managing WiFi networks: <a href="https://wicd.sourceforge.net/">wicd</a> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkManager">NetworkManager</a> vs rc.inet1 (slackware network config script).</li>
<li>When camping and cycling, power is precious. Beni explains how to pack a bicycle for air travel.</li>
<li>Expect Slackware in Switzerland!</li>
</ul>
<p>The hosts wish to clarify that no Italian Arch linux users nor fruitflies were harmed during the recording of this show.</p>