I just updated my Slacko
repository with the latest versions of all packages. I also added some new ones, such as NetSurf.
All packages were built in a clean Slacko 5.3 environment without Mesa or any other 3D acceleration provider, so they should be compatible with any 5.3.x release. They're stripped and ultra-optimized, as usual.
Note 1: all packages are installed in /opt, since they are "unofficial"; I don't want them to conflict with built-in packages. To make them work, add "/opt/lib" to /etc/ld.so.conf and edit /etc/profile, so /opt/bin is present in the PATH variable.
Note 2: some functionality was removed from these packages: man's conversion utilities (which are unneeded), cmus' cmus-remote executable (which isn't used often), Dropbear's scp client (which is useless, since Dropbear is used as a SSH server or client) and wbar's GTK+ configuration tool (which makes it much heavier).
Note 3: it will take some time for the packages (and their sources) to be uploaded, since I'm currently moving iguleder.info to its new location.
Internet:
- aria2, a multi-protocol (HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc') download tool
- Axel, the latest version - better than the ancient one we use in the official releases
- CenterIM - a multi-protocol instant messenger, way lighter than Pidgin or Finch
- Dropbear - a SSH server and client
- Irssi - an IRC client
- Mutt - an e-mail client
- Snownews - a news reader, with support for RSS feeds
- NetSurf - a graphical web browser
- Links - a text web browser, built without its graphical mode (which isn't worth much, since it's about twice the size of NetSurf and looks horrible)
Utility:
- rxvt-unicode - a terminal emulator, lighter and newer than the one in official releases
- GNU Screen - a terminal multiplexer
System:
- Htop - an interactive process monitor
File system:
- CLEX - a file manager
Multimedia:
- libav - a complete audio streaming, conversion and recording solution
- cmus - a music player with awesome features found only in the big guys (Rhythmbox, Amarok and Banshee), at a tiny fraction of the size; has an optional dependency on libav
- mplayer2 - a media player, which uses libav to provide support for many codecs and formats
Personal:
- Calcurse - a calendar and personal organizer
- hnb - a hierarchical notebook for storing notes or any other data
Graphics:
- imlib2 - an image loading library, built with additional loaders for more formats
- sxiv - an image viewer that utilizes imlib2
Desktop:
- wbar - a lighweight dock, depends on imlib2
Document:
- Vim - the ultimate text editor
Misc.:
- man, groff and less - a manual page viewer and its dependencies: a text formatting tool and a text viewer
- cwm and libbsd - OpenBSD's minimalistic window manager and a library I used to port it to GNU/Linux