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Company / developer | Patrick Volkerding |
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OS faimily | Unix-lik (based on Softlanding Linux System) |
Wirkin state | Current |
Soorce model | Open soorce |
Initial release | 17 Julie 1993[1] |
Latest release | 14.2 / 30 Juin 2016[2] |
Available in | Multilingual |
Update method | pkgtools, slackpkg |
Package manager | pkgtools, slackpkg |
Platforms | IA-32, x86-64, ARM, S/390 |
Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Userland | GNU |
Default uiser interface | CLI |
License | GNU General Public License |
Offeecial wabsteid | www |
Slackware is a Linux distribution creatit bi Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Oreeginally based on Softlanding Linux System, Slackware haes been the basis for mony ither Linux distributions, maist notably the first versions o SUSE Linux distributions,[3][4] an is the auldest distribution that is still mainteened.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Patrick J. Volkerding <[email protected]> (17 Julie 1993). "ANNOUNCE: Slackware Linux 1.00". Newsgroup: comp.os.linux. Usenet: [email protected]. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ Slackware Release Announcement, The Slackware Linux Project, 30 Juin 2016
- ↑ SUSE distributions (Slackware-based)
- ↑ Slackware-based Linux Distributions
- ↑ Distrowatch.com. "Top Ten Distributions".