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Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov> writes:

On 2/23/26 10:54 AM, jayjwa wrote:

Slashdot used to be the place back in the day. Now it's just sad and
needs to close. What little tech they write about is old and the rest is
just propaganda. I stopped visiting long ago. Even The Reg got bad. Many
such cases.

because facebook is much better... or instagram... NOT

It is actually funny to read this on usenet.

Soylentnews is still going, it looks like. To me it's a significant
improvement over what Slashdot has become. And its gmane/gwene bridge
is up to date.



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jayjwa wrote:
mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) writes:

Did you receive a reply? This is a response to the post seen at:
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Page doesn't load. It says I'm "rate limited" despite never having
visited before.

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Not sure, I tried from multiple places and no issue with the exception of one VPN I used which required solving captcha


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On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:03:40 -0500, MummyChunk wrote:

Joseph Rosevear wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:48 -0500, MummyChunk wrote:

Did you receive a reply?

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My post did appear on jlaforums.com, but yours was the only reply.
Appreciate you bridging the threads! I'm thinking twice about the name
"ZombieSlack". Have you tried anything similar with persistent
Slackware installs, or got any thoughts on the Zombie approach? Happy
to chat more if interested.

Thanks for the update. Grok's warning makes sense: having "Slackware" in
the project name can look like endorsement, even if that isn't your
intent. Renaming the toolkit to something like SAM.Zombie and describing
it as "for Slackware 15.0" or "works with Slackware" feels safer.

The idea itself is interesting, especially the part about converting a running LiveSlak into a persistent setup without a full reinstall.
What's your persistence approach under the hood, and how easy is it to
roll back if someone changes their mind?

Thanks for the interest, and sorry for the delay in answering!

I'm working on a release of "Zombie Silas" as part of the SAM.Zombie
library. Perhaps even I will produce actual, bootable Zombie Silas flashdrives for distribution as well.

Under the hood, the tweaks to a running LiveSlak are very much like the
tweaks to an rsynced copy of a Slackware reference installation (a
"Basis"). Both are performed by the same script, aptly called "bite".
The two processes are a little different, yet very much the same. This similarity is accomplished by using chroot for the Slackware tweaks and
root to perform the LiveSlak tweaks.

The LiveSlak tweaks are temporary and must be performed as root at each
boot of LiveSlak. This is a serious nuisance, but a great benefit at the
same time. After all, it provides real persistence and custom
modifications to the environment and system, including KDE.

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