Packages, that are different from Slackware
From Salix OS
Here is a list of packages, present in both Salix and Slackware repositories and the reasons Salix is using a different build:
Salix 13.1
- cups: Reverted back to version 1.4.3, but with security patches from version 1.4.4. Cups 1.4.4 makes all mozilla applications crash when printing if gnome-vfs is installed.
- gst-plugins-good: The Slackware package has no support for using audio/video with a webcam.
- libvorbis: Using the aotuv version instead, provides better quality encodes. Fully compatible with the official library version.
- lilo: Slackware package repackaged with different artwork. Minor tweaks to liloconfig.
- ntp: Altered scripts so it works out of the box.
- pkgtools: The pkgtools package is available, bu Salix is using spkg as default, however the original pkgtools are included even in the spkg-pkgtools package. Spkg is written in C and is much faster, see their website
- sysvinit-scripts: Tweaked for boot speedup. Colorized boot messages. Autostart feature for every executable file in /etc/rc.d/.
- hplip: No QT GUI.
- wavpack: Newer version.
- wpa_supplicant: No QT GUI.
- xf86-video-intel: Offer both 2.11.0 and 2.9.1 versions of the driver. The older driver is needed for PCs with intel cards that fail to work with KMS with kernel 2.6.33.4.
Salix 13.0
- libvorbis: Using the aotuv version instead, provides better quality encodes. Fully compatible with the official library version.
- lilo: Slackware package repackaged with different artwork. Minor tweaks to liloconfig.
- ntp: Altered scripts so it works out of the box.
- pkgtools: The pkgtools package is available, but Salix is using spkg as default, however the original pkgtools are included even in the spkg-pkgtools package. Spkg is written in C and is much faster, see their website
- shared-mime-info: Support for xz compressed files.
- sysvinit-scripts: Some code added to support splashy at bootup. Autostart feature for every executable file in /etc/rc.d/ added.
- hplip: No QT GUI.
- wavpack: Newer version.
- wpa_supplicant: No QT GUI.
- xfce: Newer exo that fixes several problems.
- xfce4-power-manager: Newer version.