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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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===== 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.1453002076.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/01/16 22:41 by connie