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This is is designed to help users install, run and use Linux, particularly Slackware. I currently run Slackware on two computers. Slacktop is my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop that dual boots Slackware a currently run Slackware on two computers. Slacktop is my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop that dual boots Slackware and Windows XP. Slackbase is Dell Dimension 2400 that runs Slackware only and lives in my basement as serves as my main server system. In fact this very site is hosted Slackbase. I've broken the information up into several categories: - Wireless - This section deals with getting my Broadcom 4306 base Dell TrueMobile 1300 wireless card up and running. You'll find how to set up and run ndiswrapper and information on using the native Linux bcm43xx driver using both the SoftMAC and Devicescape stacks. I've also added a section on using the Linksys WPS11 wireless print server.
- Laptop - This section describes how I've gotten Slackware to run on my Inspiron 5100.
- Security - Here I describe what steps I've taken to montior the security of my server system, including helpful tips on how to get AIDE running.
- M6300 - Since our buisness has been doing well, it was time for a technology update and I bought a Dell Precision M6300 laptop. Since info on running Linux on this is pretty scarce on the Internet, I'll detail everything here.
VMware Server 2.0 RC1 nd Windows XP. Slackbase is Dell Dimension 2400 that runs Slackware only and lives in my basement as serves as my main server system. In fact this very site is hosted Slackbase. I've broken the information up into several categories: - Wireless - This section deals with getting my Broadcom 4306 base Dell TrueMobile 1300 wireless card up and running. You'll find how to set up and run ndiswrapper and information on using the native Linux bcm43xx driver using both the SoftMAC and Devicescape stacks. I've also added a section on using the Linksys WPS11 wireless print server.
- Laptop - This section describes how I've gotten Slackware to run on my Inspiron 5100.
- Security - Here I describe what steps I've taken to montior the security of my server system, including helpful tips on how to get AIDE running.
- M6300 - Since our buisness has been doing well, it was time for a technology update and I bought a Dell Precision M6300 laptop. Since info on running Linux on this is pretty scarce on the Internet, I'll detail everything here.
VMware Server 2.0 RC1 Running VMware Server 2.0 on Slackware requires more alterations than past versions of VMware Server. I've got it running on my M6300 and detailed how to do it here. Synaptics Touchpad on Slackware 12.1 The move to Xorg 7.3 on Slackware 12.1 has caused a number of people to have problems either in compiling the Synaptics driver or in getting the touchpad to co-exist with other pointing devices. I've outlined the solution in the video section for the M6300. Coming Attractions There are a few things I plan on adding in the near future. The first will be a software review section, but this will be done from a business point of view. In the summer of 2005, a colleague and I started our own consulting business, Human Workflows LLC, and we made a commitment to using as much open source software as we can. I'll let you in on what I've found and how well it works. I'm also going to look at what makes sense to add in terms of user participation. Yes, you can sign up for this site, but to be honest, it doesn't really get you much other than the right to complain about my blogging. If you have Linux questions, I strongly suggest visiting the Linuxquestions.org website. I post there under the Hangdog42 moniker.  | | | | And as you may have noticed, this site is very much under construction........ |
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