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Simple steps to make Zenwalk works like magic...

1. Upon initial installation, go to Netpkg and select the
snapshot repository. Then update all the packages as
necessary. If you want to upgrade your kernel, make sure
to type lilo -v when is completed as root.
2. Set up your Firestarter firewall.
3. Go to your command line and install:
-netpkg jre
4. Also, I would install Google Chrome right away...
-http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/addon/slacky/slackware-13.0/network/google-chrome/4.0.249.11/

5. I like gslapt and add the following repository:
-http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/slackware/addon/slacky/slackware-13.0/

6. For some reason, gxine is the only dvd player that works in my system.
Install gxine using netpkg.

7. Codecs: Use gslapt to install libdvdcss.

8. For security, I like mcrypt and ccrypt.

9. Install also src2pkg and sbopkg to built your own .tgz packages.
-http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/amigolinux/download/src2pkg/
-http://www.sbopkg.org/downloads.php

10...This is all...for now. Enjoy Zenwalk!

I installed Zenwalk 6.2 back on my Dell laptop and I am glad to be back to Zen. For some reason, videos were running a little bit slow but that does not happen on Zenwalk. I must say that Mandriva is an excellent distro but for older software, Zenwalk has a better performance. ...and since I have been using Slackware for so many years, it is not that hard for me to configure it.

Zenwalk 6.2 is fast and has all the tools that I need. Plus, it was easy to configure and I get to use all my Slack tools and scripts.

Also, i just installed Slackware on my server box and it is up and running again.

yes!!!!

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Here it is a basic IPTABLES configuration for Slackware and Zenwalk distros:
from: http://zonemikel.com/wordpress/

# eth conf
# http access/port 80
iptables -A INPUT -i eth+ -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
# ssh access/port 22
iptables -A INPUT -i eth+ -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
# no access to other ports
iptables -A INPUT -j DROP

# wifi conf
iptables -N NETTWO # create table
iptables -A NETTWO -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT # is it port 80 ?
iptables -A NETTWO -j LOG --log-prefix '[NETTWO DROP] : ' #if no log/drop
iptables -A NETTWO -j DROP
#first line of my input table, if eth1 jmp nettwo
iptables -i eth1 -j NETTWO

# create two chains, one for fw other is trusted (for clean script?)
iptables -N FIREWALL
iptables -N TRUSTED
# allow established and related incoming connections only
iptables -A FIREWALL -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# Allow self communication
iptables -A FIREWALL -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FIREWALL -o lo -j ACCEPT
# send all package to the trusted chain
iptables -A FIREWALL -j TRUSTED
# drop all other packets
iptables -A FIREWALL -j DROP

# enable port forwarding
iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT
# hide computers behind the firewall
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward


Then, Manual script to start/stop firewall. It should be located at /etc/rc.d/
# case statement to call the correct function, exept status which is in the case
case $1 in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
status)
iptables -L
iptables -t nat -L
RETVAL=0
;;
lockdown)
stop
lockdown
;;
*)
echo "Usage: Firewall (start|stop|restart|status)"
esac

exit

# stop the firewall (everything is open !)
stop() {
echo "Remvoing all Iptables rules: "
echo "Everything on the network will be open !!!"

# set the default policy
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT# accept all incoming packets
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT# forward all packets to other puters (flood)
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT# accept all outgoing packets and send them

# set default policy for the NAT table
iptables -t nat -P PREROUTING ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -P OUTPUT ACCEPT

# delete all old rules
iptables -F # flush
iptables -t nat -F# flust nat table

# delete all chains
iptables -X
iptables -t nat -X

# setup port forwarding
echo "Enabling forwarding from eth0 to everyone"
iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface eth0 -j MASQUERADE
echo "All tables flushed, all connections accepted/forwarded"
RETVAL=0
}
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Step 1 - Download

Download the SlackBuild archive of the application you wish to build and extract it in your build environment. For example, after extracting the chemtool.tar.gz archive, you should have the following directory tree:

./chemtool
|-- README
|-- chemtool.info
|-- chemtool.SlackBuild
|-- chemtool.desktop
|-- chemtool.png
|-- slack-desc

Anonymous ftp access is available via ftp://ftp.slackbuilds.org if that's more convenient for you.

Next, download the source of the application from the address listed in the chemtool.info file and place it in the chemtool directory listed above. There is also a direct link to the source tarball on each application's page within our repository.
Step 2 - Edit SlackBuild script if necessary

If the version of chemtool is newer than what is specified in the SlackBuild script, you will need to change the script accordingly. Using your preferred editor, open the chemtool.SlackBuild script and find the line which starts with "VERSION"

VERSION=1.6.7

Change this line to reflect the current version of the chemtool source.
If a newer version of some application does not compile correctly with a simple change of the "VERSION" string, let us know by following the instructions on reporting SlackBuild Bugs.
Step 3 - Execute the SlackBuild Script (as root)

If necessary, make the script executable with chmod and then run the script:

chmod +x chemtool.SlackBuild
./chemtool.SlackBuild
Step 4 - Install the Package

Assuming everything happened according to plan (the compile finished without errors), the finished package should be in the directory declared as "OUTPUT" in the SlackBuild script (this defaults to the /tmp directory). Use installpkg to install it; you'll probably want to move it to some other location for safekeeping after it's installed.

aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
/dev/sr0 /mnt/sr0 iso9660 noauto,users,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate
/dev/ram0 /mnt/ram0 ext2 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 vfat auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate