Slackware: post installation

this page is going to be a reminder to myself about thing that should be done after installing Slackware. I'm not posting quite obvious things like running xorgconf.

Adding cdrom, printer and audio rights to the normal user I should normally use.

usermod -G lp,audio,cdrom username

Adding a line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown to remove all the files in /etc/udev/rules.d, helps a lot when the underlying hardware changes or when having more than one Ethernet card with the same chipset.

If you plan to use squid, don't forget to add a rc.local_shutdown line to shut it down or it might break the cache on the process.

If the cache becomes a problem, create an script to stop it, remove the cache and restart it.

if situation allows it, going for ethernet bonding is a must.

http://www.sgvulcan.com/network-interface-bonding-in-slackware-version-13-1/

create a personal bin directory for scripts in your home dir

mkdir ~/bin
echo export PATH=$PATH:~/bin >~/.bash_profile