After installing Slackware: a checklist

Should be done during installation:

• partitions
• /etc/fstab
• /etc/mdadm.conf
• /etc/mkinitrd.conf
• /boot/grub/grub.cfg
• /etc/hosts
• /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
• Software series:
  • server: a ap d e f k l n t tcl x y (i.e., all except for kde kdei xap xfce)
  • desktop: add xap and removet (to be replaced with TeX Live)

After installation

• Replace /etc/termcap with the termcap file from the xterm source because it has the xterm-256color entry
• # ln -sf /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vi
• # chmod -x /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.sh
• /etc/resolv.conf
• /etc/profile.d/lang.sh (not forget to comment out "export LANG=en_US" and "export LC_COLLATE=C")

LANG=ru_RU.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.utf8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.utf8
export LANG LC_MESSAGES LC_TIME LC_NUMERIC LC_MONETARY

• Set ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512 in /etc/login.defs and re-create password for root
• Creat a user (using adduser script)
• ~/.bashrc:

source /etc/profile
[ -f "$HOME/.bash_profile" ] && source "$HOME/.bash_profile"

• Remove lilo
• Disable unneeded rc-files, e.g., # chmod -x rc.acpid rc.alsa rc.consolekit rc.gpm-sample rc.wireless
• Configure a mirror and install all patches
• # slackpkg install bash-completion
• Install and configure slackpkg+