Post #2600574

2026-05-11 06:53 UTC

@mason@partychickens.net you should look at the min base lxc package list if you want a minimal slackware. I’m using that to build up a custom install for my web server to save space. The problem is I need to track every dep all the way thru for each thing I need after. Yes it’s a pita, and I agree, there needs to be something. I’m debating moving my server to another distro. I moved email off of slack during the 14.2 cycle and even removing by tagfile the OS is still too large in a size constrained place.

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@mason@partychickens.net 2026-05-11 14:23

@jloc0@mastodon.sdf.org The introduction of PulseAudio during 14.2 (IIRC) was sad. That's what got me started on an idea I called "flatline" (no pulse). But I was too dispirited and went back to Debian, which at the time was only just beginning to be eaten by Lennett's PID 1. I bounce around between Debian and FreeBSD a lot, looking at which glass is less half-empty. I sporadically do some work on the ideas outlined at https://slackish.org/ but I'm too easily thrown off of it - free software is most satisfying in communities, and while I'm quite accustomed to solo efforts, all the inspiration and drive for them has to be internal. But just imagine how deeply nice it would be to have a Slackware you could install minimally for a container and then update without a bunch of manual work syncing up the tagfiles and slackpkg blacklists!

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