Volkerding suggests http://gware.sf.net if you want to add GNOME to your own installation
of Slackware.
For system administration, Slackware offers some tools based on the ncurses text-mode windowing
library. Ncurses allows an application to provide a screen-oriented interface on a character terminal,
so you can use forms, menus, and sometimes even a mouse to configure some basic Linux features
from any shell (no X-based GUI required).
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Recently added Slackware package management tools (such as the slackpkg command) have
made the tasks of adding, removing, and upgrading packages much easier. For information on
slackpkg see http://slackpkg.sourceforge.net. There are also tools for creating your
own Slackware packages (such as the slacktrack command). In the true Slackware tradition,
Slackware packages are quite simple: basically a tarball of files with an install script.
Anything you can do with other Linux distributions, you can do with Slackware. It might just take
a bit more manual work to get there.
Slackware comes with a good set of libraries that will take care of the dependency
needs of most Linux applications. However, for video, audio, and some other types of
applications, you may find yourself hunting around for libraries.
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