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Slackware Linux


Last Update: 2023-12-07 16:50 UTC


The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is 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, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, the UNIX-like Linux operating system now benefits from the contributions of millions of users and developers around the world. Slackware Linux provides new and experienced users alike with a fully-featured system, equipped to serve in any capacity from desktop workstation to machine-room server. Web, ftp, and email servers are ready to go out of the box, as are a wide selection of popular desktop environments. A full range of development tools, editors, and current libraries is included for users who wish to develop or compile additional software.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 41 (236), 6 months: 42 (226), 3 months: 44 (219), 4 weeks: 47 (227), 1 week: 47 (230)

Average visitor rating: 9.02/10 from 114 review(s).


Slackware Summary
Distribution The Slackware Linux Project
Home Page http://www.slackware.com/
Mailing Lists http://www.slackware.com/lists/
http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/slackware (unofficial)
User Forums --
Alternative User Forums LinuxQuestions
Documentation http://docs.slackware.com/
The Revised Slackware Book Project
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Bug Tracker --
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-02-03: Distribution Release: Slackware Linux 15.0
 • 2022-01-13: Development Release: Slackware Linux 15.0 RC3
 • 2021-11-18: Development Release: Slackware Linux 15.0 RC2
 • 2021-08-16: Development Release: Slackware Linux 15.0 RC1
 • 2021-04-13: Development Release: Slackware Linux 15.0 Beta
 • 2021-02-16: Development Release: Slackware Linux 15.0 Alpha 1
 • 2016-07-01: Distribution Release: Slackware Linux 14.2
 • 2016-04-16: Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 RC2
 • 2016-03-18: Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 RC1
 • 2016-02-04: Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 Beta 2
 • 2016-01-13: Development Release: Slackware Linux 14.2 Beta 1
 • 2013-11-07: Distribution Release: Slackware Linux 14.1
 • More Slackware releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2023-11-21 Slackware streamlines 32-bit kernels
 • 2023-07-17 Slackware turns 30 years old
 • 2023-03-09 Slackware phasing out unsupported older packages
 • 2022-12-26 Slackware testing 6.x kernel versions
 • 2022-09-07 Slackware patches around GNU grep changes
 • 2021-06-08 Slackware moves from LTS kernel to latest
 • 2021-02-16 Slackware prepares for 15.0 release
 • 2021-01-26 Slackware and other distros patch sudo vulnerability
 • 2021-01-19 Slackware testing new glibc package
 • 2020-05-19 Slackware merges PAM
 • More Slackware headlines...

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Feature current 15.0 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.37 13.1 13.0 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.0 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.2.0 2.0.1 Feature
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Office Suite Calligra Calligra Calligra Calligra Calligra KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice GNOME Office, KOffice GNOME Office, KOffice GNOME Office, KOffice KOffice KOffice KOffice -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture arm, i486, x86_64 arm, i486, x86_64 arm, i486, x86_64 arm, i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486, x86_64 i486 i486 i486 i486 i486 i486 i486, s390 i486 i386 alpha, i386, sparc alpha, i386, SPARC                             Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV 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 Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS                               Journaled File Systems
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List current 15.0 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.37 13.1 13.0 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.0 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1   2.3 2.2.0 2.0.1 Full Package List
Package current 15.0 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.37 13.1 13.0 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.0 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.2.0 2.0.1 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.9 2.0.12 2.0.6 2.0.0 1.0.4 1.0.2 0.7.14-2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.10 1.2.5.1 1.1.1 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.18 1.0.17a 1.0.15 1.0.14a 1.0.11 1.0.9 1.0.8 1.0.5 0.9.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.10)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.21) 5.2 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.05b 2.05b 2.05b 2.05a 2.05 2.04 2.03 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.7 1.14.6 1.14.5 1.14.4 1.14.3 1.13.5 bash (5.2.21)
bind (9.18.20) 9.18.20 9.16.25 9.10.4-P1 9.9.3-P2 9.9.1-P3 9.7.3 9.4.3-P4 9.4.3-P3 9.4.2-P2 9.4.2 9.4.1 9.3.2-P1 9.3.1 9.3.0 9.2.3 9.2.2-P3 9.2.2 9.2.1 9.1.2 8.2.2-P5 8.2.2 8.1.2-REL 8.1.2-REL 8.1.2-REL 8.1.2-REL 8.1.2-T3B 4.9.5-P1 4.9.5-P1 4.9.3beta26 4.9.3beta9 4.9.3beta9 4.9.3beta9 4.8.3 bind (9.18.20)
chromium (119.0.6045.199) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (119.0.6045.199)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.7 2.3.3 2.1.4 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.3 1.3.11 1.3.9 1.3.7 1.2.11 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.23 1.1.20 1.1.19 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.2-P1 4.3.4 4.2.5-P1 4.2.4-P2 4.2.1-P1 4.1.1 3.1.2p1 3.0.6 3.0.6 3.0.5 3.0.4 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0pl2 3.0pl1 2.0pl5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.43.1 1.42.8 1.42.6 1.41.14 1.41.11 1.41.8 1.41.3 1.40.8 1.39 1.38 1.38 1.35 1.35 1.34 1.32 1.27 1.22 1.18 1.15 1.14 1.14 1.12 1.12 1.10 1.10 1.06 1.04 0.5b 0.5b 0.5b 0.5a e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (120.0.1) 115.5.0 91.5.1 45.2.0 24.1.0 15.0.1 4.0 3.6.3 3.5.2 3.0.4 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.7 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (120.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 2.11.1 2.6.3 2.5.0.1 2.4.10 2.4.4 2.3.12 2.3.9 2.3.7 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.1.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- freetype (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.0 11.2.0 5.3.0 4.8.2 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.4.4 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.3 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.3.6 3.3.4 3.3.4 3.2.3 3.2.2 2.95.3 2.95.3 -- -- 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 -- 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.2 2.7.2.1 2.7.2 2.7.0 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.4.5 gcc (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.36) 2.10.36 2.10.30 2.8.16 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.6.11 2.6.8 2.6.6 2.4.7 2.4.5 2.2.15 2.2.13 2.2.8 2.2.3 2.0.2 1.2.5 1.2.3 1.2.3 1.2.1 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.4 1.0.2 0.99.23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.36)
glibc (2.38) 2.38 2.33 2.23 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.11.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3.6 2.3.5 2.3.4 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.1 2.2.5 2.2.3 2.1.3 2.1.2 2.0.7pre6 2.0.7pre6 2.0.7pre6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.2)
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.2.13 1.2.12 1.2.0 1.1.16 1.0.7 0.65 0.54 0.38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.56)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.00 2.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.4) 3.24.38 3.24.31 3.18.9 3.8.2 3.4.4 2.24.4 2.18.9 2.14.7 2.12.12 2.12.9 2.10.13 2.8.20 2.6.10 2.6.1 2.4.3 2.2.4 2.2.1 1.2.10 1.2.10 1.2.8 1.2.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gtk (4.12.4)
httpd (2.4.58) 2.4.58 2.4.52 2.4.20 2.4.6 2.4.3 2.2.17 2.2.15 2.2.13 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.58)
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3.1)
k3b (23.08.4) 23.08.3 21.12.1 2.0.3 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 1.91.0 svn 1.0.5 1.0.4 1.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.08.4)
kmod (31) 31 29 22 15 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (31)
krita (5.2.2) 5.2.1 5.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.2)
libreoffice (7.6.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.6.4)
linux (6.6.4) 6.1.65 5.15.19 4.4.14 3.10.17 3.2.29 2.6.37.6 2.6.33.4 2.6.29.6 2.6.27.7 2.6.24.5 2.6.21.5 2.4.33.3 2.4.31 2.4.29 2.4.26 2.4.22 2.4.20 2.4.18 2.2.19 2.2.16 2.2.13 2.2.6 2.0.37pre10 2.0.35 2.0.34 2.0.30 2.0.30 2.0.29 2.0.0 1.2.13 1.2.8 1.2.1 1.1.19 linux (6.6.4)
Package current 15.0 14.2 14.1 14.0 13.37 13.1 13.0 12.2 12.1 12.0 11.0 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.1 9.0 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.2.0 2.0.1 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.3) 10.11.6 10.5.13 10.0.26 5.5.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.1.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.3.0) 23.3.0 21.3.5 11.2.2 9.1.7 8.0.4 7.9.2 7.5 7.0.3 7.0.2 6.5.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mesa (23.3.0)
mysql (8.2.0) -- -- -- -- 5.5.27 5.1.56 5.1.46 5.0.84 5.0.67 5.0.51b 5.0.37 5.0.24a 4.1.14 4.0.23a 4.0.20 4.0.15a 3.23.56 3.23.51 3.23.39 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.2.0)
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.4.0 2.2.2 1.0.6 1.0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (45.2.1)
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (545.29.06)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21.0.1)
openssh (9.5p1) 9.5p1 8.8p1 7.2p2 6.3p1 6.1p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.2p1 5.1p1 5.0p1 4.6p1 4.4p1 4.2p1 3.9p1 3.8.1p1 3.7.1p2 3.5p1 3.2.3p1 2.9p1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssh (9.5p1)
openssl (3.2.0) 3.2.0 1.1.1m 1.0.2h 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 0.9.8r 0.9.8n 0.9.8k 0.9.8i 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8d 0.9.7g 0.9.7e 0.9.7d 0.9.7b 0.9.7a 0.9.6d 0.9.6a -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openssl (3.2.0)
perl (5.38.2) 5.38.2 5.34.0 5.22.2 5.18.1 5.16.1 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.4 5.8.0 5.8.0 5.6.1 5.6.1 5.6.0 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.2 5.4.4 5.4.3 5.4.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.0pl36 4.0pl36 4.0pl36 perl (5.38.2)
php (8.3.0) 8.3.0 7.4.27 5.6.23 5.4.20 5.4.7 5.3.6 5.2.13 5.2.10 5.2.8 5.2.5 5.2.3 4.4.4 4.4.0 4.3.10 4.3.7 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.2.1 4.0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.3.0)
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) 5.27.10 5.23.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.10)
postfix (3.8.3) 3.8.3 3.6.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.3)
postgresql (16.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.1)
Python (3.12.1) 3.9.18 3.9.10 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.6.4 2.6.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.4.3 2.4.1 2.4 2.3.4 2.3.1 2.2.2 2.2.1 2.0.1 1.5.2 1.5.2 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Python (3.12.1)
qt (6.6.1) 5.15.11 5.15.3 4.8.7 4.8.5 4.8.2 4.7.0 4.6.2 svn 3.3.8b 3.3.8b 3.3.8 3.3.6 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.3.2 3.2.1 3.1.2 3.0.4 2.3.1 1.45 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.41 1.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.6.1)
samba (4.19.3) 4.19.3 4.15.5 4.4.4 4.1.0 3.6.8 3.5.8 3.5.2 3.2.13 3.2.5 3.0.28a 3.0.25b 3.0.23c 3.0.20 3.0.10 3.0.4 2.2.8a 2.2.8 2.2.4 2.2.0a 2.0.7 2.0.5a 2.0.3 2.0.3 1.9.18p10 1.9.18p7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- samba (4.19.3)
systemd (255) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (255)
thunderbird (115.5.1) 115.5.1 91.5.1 45.1.1 24.0 15.0.1 3.1.9 3.0.4 2.0.0.23 2.0.0.18 2.0.0.12 2.0.0.4 1.5.0.7 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (115.5.1)
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.20)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.20.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.6.2 4.6.1 4.6.1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.2.3.2 4.2.2 4.2.0 4.0.5 3.99.4 3.8.18 3.8.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.9) 21.1.9 1.20.14 1.18.3 1.14.3 1.12.3 1.9.5 1.7.7 1.6.3 1.4.2 1.4.0.90 1.3.0.0 (6.9.0) (6.8.2) (6.8.1) (6.7.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.9)

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Version: 15.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-15
Votes: 11


Slackware is not designed to be your next distro hop. It is designed so that after all your hopping, you can make Slackware the distro you need yourself. Its one of the few.
The only con I find...It really is work to get into Slackware truly, and I should write a "slackware for dummies like me" -book to help new users not give up on it so easily.

The curve of learning.
To get started with it is relatively easy for anyone who has even a little patience. You will break it a few times when you don't follow the "keep it simple stupid"- philosophy and by that meaning you wont do it the way you were told to do it.

After 4 years Im still slacking.
Anyone can learn to use it.


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-07
Votes: 35


Slackware is second to none GNU/linux distro. I have been using Slackware as my daily driver for almost two decades now. I tried many other linux distros, but none is as stable and simple as Slackware (no, not even debian - i really mean it). It just works. It is a clean, tidy, and consistent os. Once you learn it, you can use it for years without any problems (of course nothing is perfect, but the glitches/hiccups you encounter is minimal compared to other linux distros). My favorite os is openbsd but as a daily driver Slackware is my main choice, ( I also use FreeBSD as a file server at home).

So if you want reliable, simple, consistent, os to use on your desktop and/or laptop, you cannot find a better distro than Slackware. I highly recommend it. Make sure you activate firewall, edit hosts, hosts.allow, ssh config file (as per your requirement), and for laptop please use full disk encryption. You are good to go!




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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-06
Votes: 6


The BEST OS in the world.
Everything works from the start. No other Linux distro have this ability.
Is a special Linux distro for special people
You have the control on your system, not the other way round
Stable what else
Give it a try. You will find a lot of YouTube videos how it works
I hope the project will go on
I'm not a new Linux user but with experience more than 20 years.
I have tried a lot of distros but always coming back to Slackware
Once you try Slack you never go back
Slackware until the end !!!


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