Aiming for Slackware Perfection

One reason I started using Slackware Linux was the belief that I would be able to set it up, get everything working exactly how I wanted it, and then leave it and never have to tweak with anything ever again. Unfortunately, so far this hasn't happened.

A while ago I decided that one day, when I had time, I would start again. I would reformat my hard drive, install from scratch, and achieve this aim. I also decided that as I did it I would document everything and publish it to the web, both for my own future reference, and in the hope that my experience could help someone else.

A few weeks ago my hard drive started making those nasty grinding noises which tell you that something's not right. Since it's under warranty still, I'm hopefully going to get it replaced, and then it'll be time to start my quest for computer nirvana, recording everything I do here.

On a completely unrelated note, I just received 10 Ubuntu Linux CDs in the post. They're giving them away for free - which may not sound surprising as it's open source software, but in this case, you don't even have to pay for the Postage/Packaging/Media costs. See here for more details.