The slackbuild.org script for Slackware 14.1 compiles in about 30 seconds on my ancient Thinkpad. Looks OK. You have to set the backspace key to generate a Ctrl-H in the Xfce-terminal preferences (this is mentioned in the info page in relation to Mac OS).
Nano gets the job done for tweaking Web pages on ssh &c. It does have some fans...
