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 ====== Free Repository ====== ====== Free Repository ======
  
-We provide a [[http://freeslack.net/fxp/|free repository]] for use with slackpkg. It should be regarded as experimental, but we are already using it without having any problems. Still, read this entire section before making a switch, since our repository differs from the stock in several important ways. Be advised, this section is only for those who want to customize an existing Slackware install. If you installed from a [[Installation|FreeSlack ISO]], then all these settings are already set right.+We provide a [[https://freenix.net/fxp/|free repository]] for use with slackpkg. Be advised, **you only need to change your settings if you want to customize an existing Slackware install**. If you installed from a [[Installation|Freenix ISO]], then all these settings are already set right. Read this entire section before making a switch, since our repository differs from the stock in several important ways.
  
 To switch to the new repo, you have to To switch to the new repo, you have to
  
-  - edit /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to use our repo, <code>http://freeslack.net/fxp/slackware64-14.1/</code>+  - edit /etc/slackpkg/mirrors to use our repo, <code>https://freenix.net/fxp/freeslack64-14.2/</code>
   - uncomment the SLACKKEY line in /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf and change it to <code>SLACKKEY="Connie Dobbs (Free eXpansion Pack for Slackware)"</code>   - uncomment the SLACKKEY line in /etc/slackpkg/slackpkg.conf and change it to <code>SLACKKEY="Connie Dobbs (Free eXpansion Pack for Slackware)"</code>
   - obtain our signing key <code>slackpkg update gpg</code> and force <code>slackpkg update</code> regardless of the ChangeLog state   - obtain our signing key <code>slackpkg update gpg</code> and force <code>slackpkg update</code> regardless of the ChangeLog state
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   - linux-libre-image replaces kernel-huge, kernel-generic, and kernel-modules, and no collisions with the stock   - linux-libre-image replaces kernel-huge, kernel-generic, and kernel-modules, and no collisions with the stock
  
-We hope that you will find our [[http://freeslack.net/fxp/slackware64-14.1/source/fxp/build/linux-libre/|kernel build scripts]] useful for manually building custom kernels.+We hope that you will find our [[https://freenix.net/fxp/freeslack64-14.2/source/fxp/build/linux-libre/|kernel build scripts]] useful for manually building custom kernels.
  
-The rest of the packages in our repository are unmodified official binaries, so you can think of this as a deblobbed mirror.+The rest of the packages in our repository are unmodified upstream binaries, so you can think of it as a deblobbed mirror.
  
free_repository.1453017312.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/01/17 02:55 by connie