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nater1983/README.md

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πŸ‘‹ Hi, I’m Nathaniel Russell

I’m a Linux developer and system tinkerer who spends a lot of time working under Slackware Linux β€” keeping things clean, fast, and systemd-free.
My current work focuses on desktop integration, service management, and build automation.


πŸ”­ Current Projects

  • 🧩 Cosmic Desktop for Slackware β€” bringing Pop!_OS’s COSMIC desktop to Slackware
  • 🧩 GNOME Desktop for Slackware β€” bringing the GNOME desktop to Slackware
  • βš™οΈ SlackBuild automation β€” custom tooling to maintain and update build scripts cleanly
  • πŸ’‘ GTK4 & Vala development for desktop tools and utilities

🧰 Tech Stack

Area Tools / Languages
System Slackware, Bash, rc scripts, elogind
Programming C, Vala, Rust, Python
Build Systems Meson, Autotools, CMake
Packaging SlackBuilds, Slackpkg+, Custom build pipelines
Desktop Environments GNOME, COSMIC, PANTHEON, BUDGIE

🌱 Currently Learning

  • Refining DBus interfaces for system management
  • Improving cross-compatibility between elogind and systemd APIs
  • Advanced Meson configurations and feature detection

πŸ’¬ Ask Me About

  • Slackware development & packaging
  • Building and debugging GTK/Vala apps
  • Integrating Cosmic components without systemd

⚑ Fun Fact

β€œIf it’s not broken, I’ll still rebuild it β€” just to make sure.”


πŸ“« Contact

  • πŸ’» GitHub
  • πŸ“¨ Open an issue on any of my public repositories

Slackware β€’ Open Source β€’ Minimalism β€’ Control

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  1. repository.N4t3R repository.N4t3R Public

    These are just some of my project's for Slackware

    Shell 2

  2. SlackBuildsOrg/slackbuilds SlackBuildsOrg/slackbuilds Public

    Mirror of SlackBuilds.org Repository.

    Shell 106 118

  3. dinit-slackware dinit-slackware Public

    Forked from 0xBOBF/dinit-slackware

    Dinit services for Slackware Linux.

    Shell

  4. gnome4_slackware gnome4_slackware Public

    Gnome for Slackware in the KTown likeness

    Shell 1

  5. cosmic4_slackware cosmic4_slackware Public

    Shell 3

  6. pantheon4_slackware pantheon4_slackware Public

    Shell 1