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Section: Unix

 

Added: Tue, Mar 23rd 1999 06:07 PDT (9 years, 1 month ago) Updated: Sun, May 4th 2008 07:05 PDT (5 days ago)


Screenshot About:
Slackware is the longest-running distribution of the Linux operating system. Slackware offers a stable and secure version of Linux that is perfect for home, office, or educational use. Slackware is easy for beginners to install, but contains all the advanced features required by the experienced UNIX power-user.

Author:
Patrick Volkerding <volkerdi [at] slackware [dot] com> [contact developer]

Rating:
9.12/10.00 (268 votes)

Homepage:
http://www.slackware.com/
Tar/GZ:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/
Changelog:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/[..]b/slackware/slackware-12.1/ChangeLog.txt
Bittorrent:
http://www.slackware.org/getslack/torrents.php
Mailing list archive:
http://slackware.com/lists/archive/
Mirror site:
http://slackware.com/getslack/
Demo site:
http://slackware.com/getslack/torrents.php

Trove categories: [change]
[Environment]  Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]  End Users/Desktop
[License]  OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]  System :: Operating System, System :: Operating System :: Linux Distributions

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 
» Rating: 9.12/10.00 (Rank 7)
» Vitality: 2.08% (Rank 136)
» Popularity: 8.94% (Rank 273)

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Branch Version Last release License URLs
Default 12.1 04-May-2008 GNU General Public License (GPL) Homepage Tar/GZ Changelog
Current 10.0 14-Nov-2004 GNU General Public License (GPL) Homepage

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 Comments

[»] ?
by joeecracker - Mar 14th 2008 08:33:03

How much space is needed for slackware? I want to install it on my Asus EEE PC (only 4 gb harddrive)

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[»] The best, best father and great sons...
by Grobsch - Apr 9th 2005 04:43:25

Slackware is not only the best, but it is also the best father for many great projects around the world, like Slax, GoblinX, Mutagenix and gNOX, livecds, and some other distros...
It is very important to say that Slackware allows almost everything to an user... Great distro...
I've never use other... only Slackware...

--
Visit www.goblinx.com.br/en

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[»] 10.1
by Sébastien Boisvert - Mar 22nd 2005 18:47:14

I am under slackware 10.0 since december 2003. I was introduced to linux with Red Hat 9, I have used this distro for 6 month, than I have installed myself the holy slackware 10. I will soon install the great 10.1. Thank you mister Patrick Volkerding for making such a great distribution.

If it it'S not stable, it's not slackware!!!

--sebhtml

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[»] Slackware 10
by Pawel Foremski - Jul 28th 2004 03:45:07

Hey! What about updates? Slackware 10 has been released more than one month ago and you still say that the 9.1 is the current one?!

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    [»] Re: Slackware 10
    by jeff covey - Jul 28th 2004 04:46:33

    So why don't you submit an announcement?

    Thanks,
    Jeff

    --
    vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er n trrx.

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      [»] Re: Slackware 10
      by Pawel Foremski - Jul 28th 2004 06:47:56


      > So why don't you submit an announcement?

      'cos it's not project of mine :) maybe I'm a bit lazy, but I see no reason for caring about others' projects

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        [»] Re: Slackware 10
        by The Golden Boy - Jul 28th 2004 07:31:08


        > I'm a bit lazy, but I see no reason for

        > caring about others' projects

        But you do seem to care ;-)

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    [»] Re: Slackware 10
    by B - Feb 13th 2005 08:40:41


    > Hey! What about updates? Slackware 10

    > has been released more than one month

    > ago and you still say that the 9.1 is

    > the current one?!

    >

    It's mid-Q1, 2005 now, more than a year and a half
    since the last msg here. So here's mine:

    Slackware-10.1 (and ISO) are available.
    I've been a Slackware-User since 1994; I flirted
    with others, sure, but i went back.

    The answer to the oft-asked "which is the best
    distro to use?" I can only reply, "It's the one
    that you know best!" I know Slackware - to install
    it blind-folded, with two arms behind my back and a
    dead kbd! :) Oh, and while I sleep too.

    Looking for a distro? Try Slackware, you have
    nothing to lose but your old distro. (save your
    unique files first!) And as Pat signs all his
    notes to us who read them: "Enjoy!"

    --
    I ought to obey God before Man.

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[»] Do Yourself A Favor - Get SLACK!
by pclugnut - Apr 7th 2004 10:47:10

Tried the other distros - Redhat, SUSE, Mandrake etc. Only Slackware could keep me. Easy to install, powerful, flexible, lean and fast! Big thanks to Patrick Volkerding for creating and maintaining this distro - you are THE MAN!!

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    [»] The Best Distro Out there
    by sethgeekg4 - Apr 8th 2004 11:34:36

    Easy to use and install and its STABLE!!!!!!!!!

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[»] PATRICK IS GOD!
by IHVH - Nov 3rd 2003 23:06:55

Patrick is God! And Slackware is Deity

Russian Physics

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[»] Just Slack It !
by fru - Sep 5th 2002 16:44:49

After trying some distros, I ever come back to this good old slackware. The first time I used Slackware (and linux at all), it was a 3.1 version, and I still have this good feeling of stability and security RH never provides (Last version of a software is not always the best one).

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[»] Slackware 8.1 - Buy it or download the ISO
by Neil Mansilla - Jul 10th 2002 09:04:15

You may or may not have known this, but you can download Slackware from Slackware.com (or one of its mirror sites) in ISO format -- so if your connection allows your patience to sustain a 600+ MB download, you can burn a copy from your own home/office. However, over at the Slackware Store, you can buy the entire 4-CD set.

I just downloaded the Slackware 8.1 ISO last week, and installed it on a quad-Xeon it went beautifully - even supports ext3, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS file systems.

After all these years, I've been tempted, and have even given in to trying other distros, but man, there's something about Slackware that I just trust in the production environment. :-)

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[»] other glibc distros
by meshuga - Apr 21st 1999 11:05:44

another distro to keep in mind is http://www.stampede.org.
reason why i use and enjoy stampede is its actually slackware
based, but takes a few good traits from RH, like packaging
for instance. It uses almost all updated libs, and its glibc
and 2.2.x based, but it is still in beta stages, but
i've been running it for months without a problem. your
milage may vary.

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    [»] Slackware is now GLibC2 based
    by Michael D. Crawford - Jul 1st 2001 12:55:02

    Note the above comments are a couple of years old, Slackware (now at version 8.0) has been glibc2 based for a couple of releases.

    --
    Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ crawford@goingware.com Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow.

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      [»] Re: Slackware is now GLibC2 based
      by Lispy - Jun 30th 2002 14:50:24

      Yup, time flies like an arrow...Slack is at 8.1 now. ;-)


      > Note the above comments are a couple of
      > years old, Slackware (now at version
      > 8.0) has been glibc2 based for a couple
      > of releases.

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[»] Why not add glibc2 yourself?
by Latrell Sprewell - Apr 15th 1999 11:08:11

How-To guide for installing Glibc2, (part of the Linux Documentation project).

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[»] glibc2
by freax - Apr 8th 1999 16:56:08

I know that i would like to have glibc2 on my linux, but Patrick Volkerding thaught that this new glibc is in a beta stage, so it is some "dangerous" to put in the new distribution. So, I understand him ... but he will do this in slackware 4.1 soon ;)

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[»] glibc2
by karellen - Apr 8th 1999 09:34:18

Slackware is a very good distribution that anyone can use (from newbies to developers). Too bad it's not glibc2 based (yet). I had to switch to Debian 2.x because I wanted glibc2 so bad. I'm very happy with it but I would *still* like a glibc2 based Slackware to install on my other machines. Also, Slackware was my first Linux distribution -- 1.2.13 kernel =;P

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