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====== Sanitizing Slackware ====== | ====== Sanitizing Slackware ====== | ||
- | The steps to deblob an existing Slackware installation would be quite easy if not for the necessity to replace the non-free kernel. While the task of rebuilding the kernel is arguably easier in Slackware than in many other GNU/Linux distributions, | + | The steps to deblob an existing Slackware installation would be quite easy if not for the necessity to replace the non-free kernel. While the task of rebuilding the kernel is arguably easier in Slackware than in many other GNU/Linux distributions, |
That being said, you can de-blob Slackware in a completely manual fashion by doing this: | That being said, you can de-blob Slackware in a completely manual fashion by doing this: | ||
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- Regardless of its status, keep using the stock kernel headers package '' | - Regardless of its status, keep using the stock kernel headers package '' | ||
- Blacklist the offending Slackware packages in ''/ | - Blacklist the offending Slackware packages in ''/ | ||
- | - Build and install a free kernel together with modules (for example, [[http:// | + | - Build and install a free kernel together with modules (for example, [[http:// |
- Boot into the free kernel and remove the non-free Slackware packages with '' | - Boot into the free kernel and remove the non-free Slackware packages with '' | ||
===== Upgrading ===== | ===== Upgrading ===== | ||
- | We haven' | + | We haven' |
===== Caveats ===== | ===== Caveats ===== | ||
- | Please be aware that as long as you keep using the official repository, non-free packages may still creep in during updates, unlikely as it is. We see no easy cure for this, short of switching to a free repository. | + | Please be aware that as long as you keep using the official repository, non-free packages may still creep in during updates, unlikely as it is. We see no easy cure for this, short of switching to a [[Free Repository|free repository]]. |
sanitizing_slackware.1452885630.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/01/15 14:20 by connie