Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Originally based on Softlanding Linux System (SLS), Slackware has been the basis...
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Patrick Volkerding (category Slackware)
20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also...
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Retrieved 2016-10-27. "The Slackware Linux Project: Installation Help". Slackware.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27. "absolute linux downloads page". Absolutelinux...
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s390x. "The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Ports". Slackware.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016. "Index of /pub/slack390". Ftp.slackware.pl. Retrieved...
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Runlevel (redirect from Linux Runlevels)
which provides the equivalent functionality. Slackware Linux uses runlevel 1 for maintenance, as on other Linux distributions; runlevels 2, 3 and 5 identically...
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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...
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VectorLinux, abbreviated VL, was a Linux distribution for the x86 platform based on the Slackware Linux distribution, originally developed by Canadian...
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as Fedora Linux (Red Hat), openSUSE (SUSE) and Ubuntu (Canonical Ltd.); and entirely community-driven distributions, such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and...
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This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections...
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Slax (redirect from Slax linux)
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....
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ZipSlack (category Slackware)
the Slackware Linux distribution that was designed to be lightweight and portable. It was distributed in a ZIP archive along with the Slackware release...
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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...
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Unraid (category Operating systems based on the Linux kernel)
support for CPU pinning, SSD optimization, and more. Unraid is based on Slackware Linux. Supported file systems: XFS, Btrfs, ZFS and ReiserFS. ReiserFS is...
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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...
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Slackware, but it later became an independently developed distribution. Frugalware made use of the Pacman package management system from Arch Linux....
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original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019. "Slackware ChangeLogs". Slackware Linux. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved...
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cleaned up the SLS Linux distribution, releasing a newer version as Slackware. In 1994, with help from Patrick Volkerding, Slackware scripts were translated...
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Zenwalk (redirect from Zenwalk Linux)
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...
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verification] most Linux distributions employed a traditional init that was somewhat compatible with System V, while some distributions such as Slackware use BSD-style...
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History of tablet computers (redirect from Linux tablet)
resistive digitizer. The ProGear initially came with a version of Slackware Linux, but could later be bought with Windows 98. In 1999, Microsoft attempted...
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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...
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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...
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Austrumi (Austrum Latvijas Linukss) is a bootable live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware. It was created and is actively maintained by a group from...
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include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Slackware Linux, Arch Linux and Gentoo. A free derivative...
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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"...
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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...
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Almquist shell (section Embedded Linux)
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...
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Freakin' Cool Environment”). — Frequently Asked Questions, Xfce Wiki The Slackware Linux distribution has nicknamed Xfce the "Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment"...
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MX Linux is a Linux distribution based on Debian stable and using core antiX components, with additional software created or packaged by the MX community...
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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...
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