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

System ANNOUNCE: The Linux Base System "The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Release Announcement". Slackware.com. July 16, 1993. Archived from the original...

features Slackware 12 compatibility. This is accomplished by the inclusion of almost all the dependencies needed for the installation of Slackware packages...

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

from .mo to .sb). Slackware-Live! 1.8.0.1 was based on Slackware 8.0. Slackware-Live! 1.81.0.21 was based on Slackware 8.1. Slackware-Live! 2.9.0.1 was...

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

lightweight Linux distribution that works on older hardware and is based on Slackware Linux. The client is designed for everyday use (internet, multimedia,...

here to a different level which provides the equivalent functionality. Slackware Linux uses runlevel 1 for maintenance, as on other Linux distributions;...

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

It is the default FTP server in the Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NimbleX, Slackware and RHEL Linux distributions. It is licensed under the GNU General Public...

slapt-get is an APT-like package management system for Slackware. Slapt-get tries to emulate the features of Debian's (apt-get) as closely as possible...

Syngress. p. 329. ISBN 9781597496087. "The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories". Slackware.com. 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2011-07-09. "SourceForge...

Debian". Retrieved 19 November 2009. "Index of /slackware/slackware-15.0/slackware/t". mirrors.slackware.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023. "Ubuntu – Details...

Jean-Philippe Guillemin. It is based on Slackware with very few modifications at system level making it 100% compatible with Slackware. It aims to be a modern, multi-purpose...

GPL-compatible free software license. Elvis is the version of vi that comes with Slackware, Frugalware, and KateOS. Elvis was the pioneering vi clone, widely admired...

While most Live CD linux distributions used Aufs as of November 2016, Slackware used overlayfs for its live CD. Here is an example of usage of OverlayFS...

management. For distributions based on .deb and .rpm files as well as Slackware Linux, there is CheckInstall, and for recipe-based systems such as Gentoo...

considered to be rather buggy by its users. It was soon superseded by Slackware (which started as a cleanup of SLS by Patrick Volkerding) and Yggdrasil...

management system with emerge or one of the alternative package managers. Slackware is a highly customizable distribution that stresses ease of maintenance...

especially in the Linux community. Patrick Volkerding, the project lead of Slackware Linux, invoked this design principle in a criticism of the systemd architecture...

Porteus (formerly Slax Remix) is a portable operating system based on Slackware. It does not require installation and can be run from fixed and removable...

business unit (comprising BSD/OS and the former Walnut Creek FreeBSD and Slackware Linux open source offerings) to Wind River Systems and renamed the remainder...

"KISS". Don't repeat yourself (DRY) Minimalism Unix philosophy Arch Linux Slackware Linux Chartjunk List of software development philosophies Reduced instruction...

original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2016-10-27. "The Slackware Linux Project: Installation Help". Slackware.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27. "absolute linux downloads...

was somewhat compatible with System V, while some distributions such as Slackware use BSD-style startup scripts, and other distributions such as Gentoo...

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

Parted Magic is a commercial Linux distribution based on Slackware that comes with disk partitioning and data recovery tools. It is sold as a Linux-based...

Foundation, Free Software Foundation Europe, Gentoo Linux, KDE, LineageOS, Slackware, Ubuntu, and the Wikimedia Foundation – moved their channels to Libera...

released on May 10, 2011. This version also seen the base OS changed from Slackware to Ubuntu. BackTrack provided users with easy access to a comprehensive...

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