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Last Update: 2023-01-30 01:13 UTC



Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. Optimised for desktop use, Salix OS features one application per task, custom package repositories, advanced package management with dependency support, localised system administration tools and innovative artwork.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 58 (177), 6 months: 102 (128), 3 months: 113 (108), 4 weeks: 111 (93), 1 week: 104 (88)

Average visitor rating: 8.5/10 from 20 review(s).


Salix Summary
Distribution Salix (formerly Salix OS)
Home Page http://www.salixos.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-11-29: Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 "Live"
 • 2022-09-05: Distribution Release: Salix 15.0
 • 2016-11-15: Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce"
 • 2016-08-29: Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Xfce"
 • 2016-08-10: Development Release: Salix 14.2 RC1
 • 2016-06-15: Development Release: Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce"
 • 2014-11-04: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce"
 • 2014-09-22: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox"
 • 2014-07-27: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Openbox"
 • 2014-06-01: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "MATE"
 • 2014-03-04: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Xfce"
 • 2013-10-30: Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0.1 "Ratpoison"
 • More Salix releases...

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Feature 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Feature
Release Date 2022-09-05 2017-04-11 2014-03-04 2013-07-17 2011-05-12 2010-06-04 2009-12-23 Release Date
End Of Life               End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1300-1400 700-800           Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Fluxbox, KDE, Xfce Xfce Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice KOffice, LibreOffice OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i486, i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual cz, da, de, en, es, gr, hu, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ru cz, da, de, en, es, gr, hu, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ru -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Full Package List
Package 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.5.1 1.1.1 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.18 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.90) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (114.0.5735.90)
cups (2.4.3) 2.4.2 2.1.4 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.3 1.3.11 cups (2.4.3)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.5 1.43.1 1.42.8 1.42.6 1.41.14 1.41.11 1.41.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (113.0.2) 102.2.0 45.4.0 -- -- 5.0 3.6.3 3.5.6 firefox (113.0.2)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.11.1 2.6.3 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.4 2.3.12 2.3.9 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 11.2.0 5.3.0 4.8.2 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.4.4 4.3.3 gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.30 2.8.18 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.6.11 2.6.8 2.6.8 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.33 2.23 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.11.1 2.9 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.3) 3.24.31 2.24.31 2.24.20 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.18.9 2.14.7 gtk (4.10.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.1) -- -- -- -- 2.0.2 -- -- k3b (23.04.1)
kmod (30) 29 22 15 9 -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.3) 7.4.0 5.1.4 4.2.0 4.0.3 3.3.2 3.2.0 3.1.1 libreoffice (7.5.3)
linux (6.3.5) 5.15.63 4.4.29 3.10.17 3.2.45 2.6.37.6 2.6.33.4 2.6.29.6 linux (6.3.5)
Package 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (10.11.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (10.11.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.1) 21.3.5 11.2.2 9.1.7 8.0.4 7.9.2 7.8.1 7.5 mesa (23.1.1)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- 5.1.56 -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (44.2)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- 8u91 7u51 7u40 -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 8.8p1 7.3p1 6.4p1 6.1p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.2p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1q 1.0.2j 1.0.1f 1.0.1e 0.9.8r 0.9.8n 0.9.8k openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.34.0 5.22.2 5.18.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.0 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.6)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.0)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.3) 3.9.12 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.6.4 2.6.2 Python (3.11.3)
qt (6.5.1) -- -- -- -- 4.7.0 -- -- qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.15.9 4.4.5 4.1.4 3.6.8 3.5.8 3.5.2 3.2.15 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.11.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (102.11.2)
vim (9.0) -- 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.20.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.6.2 4.6.1 4.6.1 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.14 1.18.3 1.14.3 1.12.4 1.9.5 1.7.5 1.6.3 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-06
Votes: 4


I have slackware installed on a notebook with no problems.
I wanted to install it on another PC, a 32-bit netbook, but having to install everything by hand and configure it is too much for me. A lot of time is wasted.
Looking for a slackware based distro I found Salix os and I am really surprised.
The distribution is easy to install, and is less tedious than slackware.
The package system is very good and resolves dependencies.
I haven't had any problems so far and it works fast.
What was not in the repositories I installed from slackbuilds.
I like that it comes with Xfce that looks great and needs almost no configuration to get it just the way you want.
From sclackware there are many more things to configure.
It is incredible how fast Salix is, on this netbook I had tried Debian, Devuan, Peppermint, none runs as fast as Salix.
The ram memory in idle marks 350mb.
Salix comes with graphical tools to manage the packages, and also the services. I've been using linux for years and love using the terminal, but I find these tools to be a great addition.
I also liked Salix's page. It has a very good guide to start using the system.
I congratulate those who are behind Salix.
I think slackware is unique in the linux world and has many advantages over others.
Having said that I think salix is a breath of fresh air.
Something that slackware itself doesn't have, unless you invest your time.
Highly recommended!


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-23
Votes: 4


I got tired of Debian and Arch based distros, and decided to try a Slackware based one To me Salix has everything I need and nothing I don't need. It's simple to install, especially the live version which I am using now. It gets very few updates which is one thing I really love about it, it's very stable, and in my opinion, a very complete distro. I haven't used anything but Salix 15.0 since it was released last September, and don't intend to. It uses Flathub to install programs not found in GSlapt, and they work seamlessly, the kernel is an LTS kernel, Firefox is up to date, and ESR. Salix is my favorite distro now, and I will no use no other.


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-03-18
Votes: 4


Pretty distro, but that's the only "pro". The Slackware packaging method is a mess with all the constant bloat of not separating lib packages from daemons or main ones. For example, despite being on xfce4 and xorg, I could not get my programs to work without wayland installed. On Debian, you just need the lib files of wayland for xfce4 to work. That ensures dependencies are met without having the actual display server, too. Also, if you want to use alsamixer, make sure pulseaudio is installed. Very confusing.


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