Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Originally based on Softlanding Linux System (SLS), Slackware has been the basis...

20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also...

s390x. "The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Ports". Slackware.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016. "Index of /pub/slack390". Ftp.slackware.pl. Retrieved...

Retrieved 2016-10-27. "The Slackware Linux Project: Installation Help". Slackware.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27. "absolute linux downloads page". Absolutelinux...

Absolute Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that works on older hardware and is based on Slackware Linux. The client is designed for everyday use...

which provides the equivalent functionality. Slackware Linux uses runlevel 1 for maintenance, as on other Linux distributions; runlevels 2, 3 and 5 identically...

VectorLinux, abbreviated VL, was a Linux distribution for the x86 platform based on the Slackware Linux distribution, originally developed by Canadian...

as Fedora Linux (Red Hat), openSUSE (SUSE) and Ubuntu (Canonical Ltd.); and entirely community-driven distributions, such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and...

This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections...

most popular Linux distribution at the time, but it was considered to be rather buggy by its users. It was soon superseded by Slackware (which started...

1 was based on Slackware 9.0. Slackware-Live! was renamed to SLAX in 3.0.24. Slax 4.0.1 is based on 4.0.1 linux live scripts with Linux Kernel 2.4.25....

cleaned up the SLS Linux distribution, releasing a newer version as Slackware. In 1994, with help from Patrick Volkerding, Slackware scripts were translated...

resistive digitizer. The ProGear initially came with a version of Slackware Linux, but could later be bought with Windows 98. In 1999, Microsoft attempted...

support for CPU pinning, SSD optimization, and more. Unraid is based on Slackware Linux. Supported file systems: XFS, Btrfs, ZFS and ReiserFS. ReiserFS is...

Slackware, but it later became an independently developed distribution. Frugalware made use of the Pacman package management system from Arch Linux....

original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019. "Slackware ChangeLogs". Slackware Linux. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved...

Zenwalk GNU/Linux is a desktop-focused Linux distribution founded by Jean-Philippe Guillemin. It is based on Slackware with very few modifications at system...

verification] most Linux distributions employed a traditional init that was somewhat compatible with System V, while some distributions such as Slackware use BSD-style...

Puppy Linux is not a Slackware-based distribution. Puppy 4.0 is built from scratch using the T2 SDE and no longer features native Slackware 12 compatibility...

the Slackware Linux distribution that was designed to be lightweight and portable. It was distributed in a ZIP archive along with the Slackware release...

tried calling it GNU/Linux, and that's ok. It's certainly no worse a name than "Linux Pro" or "Red Hat Linux" or "Slackware Linux" ... Lignux is just a...

code base. Another example of keeping up with competitors is when Slackware Linux jumped from version 4 to version 7 in 1999. The Office 2007 release...

February 2022). "Linux 4.4.302". LKML (Mailing list). Retrieved 25 May 2022. "CIP 4.4 releases". Retrieved 11 June 2023. "Slackware 14.2 announcement"...

as well as Slackware Linux, there is CheckInstall, and for recipe-based systems such as Gentoo Linux and hybrid systems such as Arch Linux, it is possible...

include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Slackware Linux, Arch Linux and Gentoo. A free derivative...

Freakin' Cool Environment”). — Frequently Asked Questions, Xfce Wiki The Slackware Linux distribution has nicknamed Xfce the "Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment"...

the Bourne shell. Note that under Linux, most scripts seem to use at least some bash-specific syntax. The Slackware setup scripts are a notable exception...

governance". GitHub. Retrieved 2017-10-27. "Stories of Linux: A Look at Slackware Linux". linux.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved...

(Microsoft Windows), .apk (Android) and .ipa (IOS, IPadOS). Arch Linux's Pacman and Slackware use 'tar' archives with generic naming but specific internal...

multi-purpose Linux distribution based on Slackware. Salix OS retains full backwards compatibility with Slackware. This enables Slackware users to benefit...