Slackware is a complete 32-bit and 64-bit multitasking “UNIX-like” system.
It is billed as an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, yet providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power.
The first release of Slackware was seen on July 17 1993. Its developer took the most popular distro at the time, Softlanding Linux System, fixed bugs, and merged the bugfixes and various other cleanups into a separate distribution, which was named Slackware.
The distro is still going strong.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | KDE |
| Init Software: | SysV |
| Package Management: | TXZ |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | IA-32, x86-64, ARM |
| Home Page: | www.slackware.com |
| Developer: | Patrick Volkerding |
| This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development. |
What's a Linux distribution ("distro")? |
| A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system. Each distro makes different choices, deciding which open source projects to install and provides custom written programs. They can have different philosophies. Some distros are intended for desktop computers, some for servers without a graphical interface, and others for special uses. Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros. |