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<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th>
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<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="help.html"
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="HELP-ONLINE" name="HELP-ONLINE">2.2 Online Help</a></h1>
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<p>In addition to the documentation provided and installable with the Slackware Linux
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Operating System, there are a vast multitude of online resources available for you to
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learn from as well.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-ONLINE-OFFICIAL" name="HELP-ONLINE-OFFICIAL">2.2.1 The
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Official Website and Help Forums</a></h2>
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<p><a href="http://www.slackware.com" target="_top">The Official Slackware
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Website</a></p>
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<p>The Official Slackware Linux website is sometimes out of date, but still contains
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information relevant to the latest Slackware versions. At one time an active help forum
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existed there before a horde of trolls, troublemakers, and whiners descended on the
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forum. Maintaining the forum was beginning to be too much work, and so Pat shut it down.
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One can find that old forum back up and running complete with searchable archives of the
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old data at <a href="http://www.userlocal.com/phorum/"
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target="_top">http://www.userlocal.com/phorum/</a>.</p>
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<p>After the forums were taken down on <a href="http://slackware.com"
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target="_top">http://slackware.com</a>, several other sites sprang up that offered forum
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support for Slackware. After much thought, Pat chose to endorse <a
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href="http://www.linuxquestions.org" target="_top">www.linuxquestions.org</a> as the official
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forum for Slackware Linux.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-ONLINE-EMAIL" name="HELP-ONLINE-EMAIL">2.2.2 E-mail
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Support</a></h2>
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<p>Everyone who purchases an official CD set is entitled to free installation support via
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e-mail from the developer. That having been said, please keep in mind that we, the
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developers, (and a vast majority of users) of Slackware are of “The Old
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School”. That means that we prefer to help those who have a sincere interest and
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are willing to help themselves in the process. We will always do our best to help
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everyone who emails us with support questions. However, Please check your documentation
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and the website (especially the FAQs and maybe some of the forums listed below) before
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e-mailing. You may get a faster answer that way, and the less e-mail we have to answer,
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obviously the sooner we will be of assistance to those that need it.</p>
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<p>The e-mail address for technical support is: <var
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class="LITERAL">support@slackware.com</var>. Other e-mail addresses and contact
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information are listed on the website.</p>
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<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN535" name="AEN535">2.2.2.1 Slackware Linux Project Mailing
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Lists</a></h3>
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<p>We have several mailing lists, available in digest and normal forms. Check the
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instructions for how to subscribe.</p>
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<p>To subscribe to a mailing list, email:</p>
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<p><var class="LITERAL">majordomo@slackware.com</var></p>
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<p>with the phrase “<var class="LITERAL">subscribe <var class="REPLACEABLE">[name
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of list]</var></var>” in the body of the email. The list choices are described
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below (use one the names below for the name of the list).</p>
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<p>Archives of the mailing list can be found on Slackware's website at:</p>
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<p><var class="LITERAL">http://slackware.com/lists/archive/</var></p>
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<dl>
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<dt><var class="LITERAL">slackware-announce</var></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>The <var class="LITERAL">slackware-announce</var> mailing list is for announcements of
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new versions, major updates and other general information.</p>
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<dt><var class="LITERAL">slackware-security</var></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>The <var class="LITERAL">slackware-security</var> mailing list is for announcements
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relating to security issues. Any exploits or other vulnerabilities directly pertaining to
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Slackware will get posted to this list immediately.</p>
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</dd>
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<p>These lists are also available in digest format. This means that you get one large
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message per day instead of several messages throughout the day. Since the slackware
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mailing lists do not allow users to post, and the lists are such low traffic, most users
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find little advantage in the digest lists. Still, they are available if you want them by
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subscribing to <var class="LITERAL">slackware-announce-digest</var> or <var
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class="LITERAL">slackware-security-digest</var>.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="HELP-ONLINE-NONOFFICIAL" name="HELP-ONLINE-NONOFFICIAL">2.2.3
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Non-Official Websites and Help Forums</a></h2>
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<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN571" name="AEN571">2.2.3.1 Websites</a></h3>
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<div class="VARIABLELIST">
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<dt><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_top">Google</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>The Kung-Fu Master of Search Engines. When you absolutely, positively gotta find every
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last kernel of information on a subject: Accept no substitutes.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://www.google.com/linux" target="_top">Google:Linux</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Linux-Specific searches</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://www.google.com/bsd" target="_top">Google:BSD</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>BSD-Specific searches. Slackware is so generic as a Unix work-a-like operating system
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that one can as often as not find very detailed information that is almost 100% relevant
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to Slackware here. Many times a BSD search reveals far more technical information than
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the often PR-related Linux searches.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://groups.google.com" target="_top">Google:Groups</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Search through decades of Usenet posts for your pearls of wisdom.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><a href="http://userlocal.com" target="_top">http://userlocal.com</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>A virtual treasure-trove of knowledge, good advice, first-hand experience and
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interesting articles. Often the first place you'll hear about new developments in the
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world of Slackware.</p>
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</dd>
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<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN601" name="AEN601">2.2.3.2 Web-based Resources</a></h3>
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<div class="VARIABLELIST">
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<dt><a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14"
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target="_top">linuxquestions.org</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>The officially sanctioned web-forum for Slackware users.</p>
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<dt><a href="http://forums.linuxiso.org/viewforum.php?f=25" target="_top">LinuxISO.org
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Slackware Forum</a></dt>
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<p>“A place to download and get help with Linux.”</p>
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<dt><a href="http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/perl/fom"
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target="_top">alt.os.linux.slackware FAQ</a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Another FAQ</p>
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<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN620" name="AEN620">2.2.3.3 Usenet Groups (NNTP)</a></h3>
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<p>Usenet has long been a place for geeks to gather and help one another. There are few
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newsgroups dedicated to Slackware Linux, but they tend to be filled with very
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knowledgeable people.</p>
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<p><var class="LITERAL">alt.os.linux.slackware</var></p>
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<p><var class="LITERAL">alt.os.linux.slackware</var>, better known as aols (not to be
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confused with <span class="TRADEMARK">AOL</span>®!) is one of the most active places
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to find technical help with Slackware problems. Like every Usenet newsgroup, a few
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unhelpful participants (“trolls”) can mar the experience with constant
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arguing. Learning to ignore the trolls and identifying the truly helpful people is key to
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making the most of this resource.</p>
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