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Alien's Slackware packages

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:53:03 GMT
lua: rebuilt for slackware-current after boost upgrade.
Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:48:19 GMT
libtorrent-rasterbar: updated to 1.1.7 (slackware-current only). qbittorrent: rebuilt 4.0.4 (slackware-current only). This package depends on libtorrent-rasterbar, libxkbcommon, qt5 and qt5-webkit. vlc: updated to 3.0.2 for Slackware -current. Updated internal libraries: libdvdcss, libebml, libmatroska, microdns, x262 and x264. Depends on libxkbcommon, qt5, qt5-webkit packages. Usual caveat: versions that can not only DEcode but also ENcode AAC […]

Alien's unofficial KDE Slackware packages

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:54:32 GMT
current/deps/cryptopp: updated. current/deps/cryfs: rebuilt. current/kde/applications-extra/calligra: rebuilt. current/kde/applications-extra/digikam: rebuilt. current/kde/applications-extra/kile: updated.
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 21:56:17 GMT
Here is KDE 5_18.04 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.45.0, Plasma 5.12.4 and Applications 18.04.0. All this on top of Qt 5.9.5. The ktown updates are targeting Slackware -current only. Updates of the KDE 5 package sets for Slackware 14.2 have come to an end. Upgrading from the previous 5_18.03 is straight-forward. Read […]

Alien's multilib packages

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:43:44 GMT
14.2/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages. current/gcc-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-brig-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-g++-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-gfortran-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-gnat-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-go-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt for to the new C++ ABI. current/gcc-objc-7.3.0_multilib-x86_64-2alien.txz: Rebuilt […]
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:51:28 GMT
current/slackware64-compat32: Refreshed the *compat32 packages.

Slackware64-current

slackware64 current changes for Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:17:42 GMT April 23, 2018
ap/gutenprint-5.2.14-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. d/meson-0.46.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. d/python-pip-10.0.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.

SBo

SlackBuilds.org changes for Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:44:58 GMT
academic/copasi: Updated for version 4.23.184. audio/flacon: Updated for version 4.1.0. audio/mpd: Updated for version 0.20.18. desktop/Simplenote: Added (Note Taking Program). desktop/mh5000: Updated for version 1.3.1. desktop/nitrokey-app: Updated for version 1.3. desktop/wmslideshow: Added (dockapp for displaying images). development/d-tools: Updated for version 2.079.1 development/dmd: Updated for version 2.079.1 development/gtest: Update script. development/jdk: Updated for version 8u172. development/jupyter-ipywidgets: […]

Archive for the tag "silverlight"

I decided to do an update of my “pipelight” package. I had not looked at it for a long time, basically because I do not use it anymore, but after I upgraded my “wine” package someone asked if I could please write up what could be done for wine-pipelight. As you know, pipelight is a […]

Posted: 29 July, 2016 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: pipelight, silverlight, wine
Comments: 11

Pipelight: using Silverlight in Linux browsers

That is the exact title of an article which appeared on fds-team.de last august. You may have read my earlier rant about dutch schools migrating (or forced to migrate) to a Microsoft SilverLight based learning management software called Magister. A disastrous move induced by an arrogant company, which of course leaves Linux desktop users out […]

Posted: 9 November, 2013 in Rant, Slackware, Software.
Tags: drm, netflix, silverlight
Comments: 131

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