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DistroWatch.com: Slackware Linux

Slackware Linux

Last Update: 2024-10-14 16:50 UTC

OS Type: Linux
Based on: Independent
Origin: USA
Architecture: arm, i586, s390, x86_64
Desktop: Blackbox, Fluxbox, FVWM, KDE, WMaker, Xfce
Category: Desktop, Server
Status: Active
Popularity: 42 (217 hits per day)

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: 38 (221), 6 months: 42 (217), 3 months: 42 (215), 4 weeks: 45 (219), 1 week: 48 (226)

Average visitor rating: 9.07/10 from 122 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)
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Alternative User Forums	LinuxQuestions •
Documentation	http://docs.slackware.com/ The Revised Slackware Book Project
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Download Mirrors	http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ • http://mirrors.slackware.com/mirrorlist/ • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
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Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.

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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
Release Date	2024-10-14	2022-02-03	2016-07-01	2013-11-07	2012-09-28	2011-04-28	2010-05-24	2009-08-28	2008-12-11	2008-05-02	2007-07-02	2006-10-02	2005-09-14	2005-02-07	2004-06-23	2003-09-26	2003-03-18	2002-06-18	2001-07-01	2000-06-22	1999-10-25	1999-05-17	1999-05-10	1998-10-28	1998-06-09	1997-10-14	1997-07-11	1997-04-20	1996-07-24	1995-08-24	1995-05-24	1995-03-30	1994-09-24	Release Date
End Of Life																																		End Of Life
Price (US$)	--	--	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40														Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)		3700-3800	30-2400																															Image Size (MB)
Free Download	TGZ	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	Free Download
Installation	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Installation
Default Desktop	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE	KDE															Default Desktop
Package Management	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TXZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	TGZ	Package Management
Release Model	Rolling	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Release Model
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

Full Package List: Slackware Linux 3.1
Number of packages: 280 (download as TXT) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • adduser_slackware.tar.gz • apache_1.0.0.tar.gz • apache_1.0_psdocs.tar.gz • apmd-2.4.tar.gz • apple2-v002.tar.gz • aps-49.tar.gz • arena-beta-2b-src.tar.gz • arpa.tar.gz • ash-linux-0.2.tar.gz • at-2.9.tar.gz • autoconf-2.10.tar.gz • banners.tar.gz • bash-1.14.7.tar.gz • bc-1.03.tar.gz • bin86-0.3.tar.gz • bind-4.9.3-BETA26.tar.gz • binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz • binutils-2.6.0.14.tar.gz • bison-1.22.tar.gz • bpe.tar.gz • bsd-games.src-1.3.tar.gz • bwnfsd.tar.gz • byacc.tar.gz • c-news.tar.gz • color-xterm-x11r6.tar.gz • compress.tar.gz • cpio-2.3.tar.gz • cpm-0.2.tar.gz • cpm.tar.gz • curses-1.0.0.tar.gz • db-1.85.4-bin-ELF.tar.gz • db-1.85.4-src.tar.gz • dcron22.tar.gz • deliver4slackware.tar.gz • dialog-0.6c.tar.gz • diffutils-2.7.tar.gz • dip337o-uri.tar.gz • dosemu-0.63.1.36.tar.gz • dosfsck.1.tar.gz • e2fsprogs-1.04.tar.gz • ed-0.2.tar.gz • elm2.4.tar.gz • elvis-1.8pl3.tar.gz • emacs-19.31.tar.gz • f2c.tar.gz • fax-3.2.1.tar.gz • fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz • file-3.14.tar.gz • fileutils-3.12.tar.gz • findutils-4.1.tar.gz • finger-1.37.tar.gz • flex-2.5.2.tar.gz • flex-2.5.3.tar.gz • ftape-2.02e.tar.gz • ftape-2.03b.tar.gz • fvwm-1.23b-core.tar.gz • fvwm-1.23b-icons.tar.gz • fvwm-1.23b-modules.tar.gz • fvwm-2.0.42.tar.gz • fvwm95-2.0.41f.tar.gz • fwhois-1.00.tar.gz • g77-0.5.18.tar.gz • gawk-2.15.6.tar.gz • gcc-2.7.2.tar.gz • gcc-2.7.man.tar.gz • gcl-2.2.tar.gz • gdb-4.16-testsuite.tar.gz • gdb-4.16.tar.gz • gdbm-1.7.3-ELF.tar.gz • gdbm-1.7.3.tar.gz • gencat.tar.gz • ghostscript-2.6.2.tar.gz • ghostscript-fonts-2.6.2.tar.gz • ghostview-1.5.tar.gz • gnat-3.03-src.tar.gz • gnuchess-4.0.pl69.tar.gz • gnuchess-4.0.pl74.patches.tar.gz • gnuchess-4.0.pl74.tar.gz • gnuchess.book-1.0.tar.gz • gnuchess.test-1.0.tar.gz • gnuplot-3.5.tar.gz • gpm-1.09.tar.gz • grep-2.0.tar.gz • groff-1.10.tar.gz • gzip-1.2.4.tar.gz • hdparm-2.9.tar.gz • ibcs-2.0-960610.tar.gz • indent-1.9.1.tar.gz • inn1.4.tar.gz • ipfwadm-2.0.tar.gz • ircII2.3.17+tv1.1.tar.gz • ispell-3.1.20.tar.gz • iv-3.1-g++2.7.2.tar.gz • jed097-14.tar.gz • joe1.0.12.tar.gz • joe2.2.tar.gz • jove4.14.10.tar.gz • jpegsrc.v5a.tar.gz • jpegsrc.v5beta2.tar.gz • kbd-0.90.tar.gz • kbd-0.91.tar.gz • ld.so-1.7.14.tar.gz • less-290.tar.gz • libc-4.7.6.tar.gz • libc-5.3.12.bin.tar.gz • libc-5.3.12.tar.gz • libc_s-951222.tar.gz • libf2c-0.11.tar.gz • libg++-2.7.1.tar.gz • libgr-1.3-src.tar.gz • libgr-diff.tar.gz • libnsl-960201.tar.gz • libtelnet.tar.gz • libXpm-3.4c.tar.gz • lilo.19.tar.gz • linux-0.01.tar.gz • linux-1.2.0.tar.gz • linux-1.3.0.tar.gz • linux-2.0.tar.gz • linux-lizards-1.4.tar.gz • linux-pre2.0.10.tar.gz • linux_pcnfsd2.tar.gz • lpr.tar.gz • Lsox-linux.tar.gz • lynx2-5.tar.gz • m4-1.4.tar.gz • mailx-5.5.tar.gz • make-3.74.tar.gz • MAKEDEV-2.2.tar.gz • man-1.4d.tar.gz • man-pages-1.8.tar.gz • maze.tar.gz • mbase50.tar.gz • mbase51.tar.gz • mc-3.2.1.tar.gz • meminfo.tar.gz • minicom-1.71.tar.gz • mkdosfs-0.2.tar.gz • modules-2.0.0.tar.gz • mount-2.5m.tar.gz • mpeg-linux.bin.tar.gz • mpeg-play.tar.gz • mt-st-0.4.tar.gz • mtools-2.5.4.src.tar.gz • mtools-3.0.src.tar.gz • ncurses-1.8.5.tar.gz • ncurses-1.8.6.tar.gz • ncurses-1.9.4.tar.gz • ncurses-1.9.9e.tar.gz • nethack-3.2.0.tar.gz • NetKit-A-0.10.tar.gz • NetKit-B-0.06.tar.gz • NetKit-B-0.07.tar.gz • netpipes.3.1.tar.gz • nls.tar.gz • nn-6.4.18.tar.gz • nntp-1.5.11tp-linux.tar.gz • nntp.1.5.12.1.tar.gz • nvi.1.34.tar.gz • olvwm4-truecolor.tar.gz • p2c-1.20.tar.gz • patch-2.1.tar.gz • pcmcia-cs-2.8.17.tar.gz • pdksh-5.2.3.tar.gz • perl-4.036-linux-kit.tar.gz • perl-4.036.tar.gz • perl5.003.tar.gz • pine3.95.tar.gz • pmake.v1.0.tar.gz • pop3d-1.00.4.tar.gz • popclient-3.0b4.tar.gz • ppp-2.1.2b.tar.gz • ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz • procps-0.99a.tar.gz • protlib-960201.tar.gz • quota-1.51.tar.gz • rcs-5.7.tar.gz • rdist-6.1.0-linuxpl2.tar.gz • readline-1.1.tar.gz • readline-2.0.tar.gz • ruptime-570.tar.gz • rwhod-519.tar.gz • samba-1.9.15p8.tar.gz • sast1.5-snd+gfx.tar.gz • sast1.5-src.tar.gz • sc621.linux.tar.gz • sco-libs-940731.tar.gz • screen-3.7.1.tar.gz • sed-2.05.tar.gz • seejpeg-1.4.3.tar.gz • sendmail.8.8.0.tar.gz • sh-utils-1.12.tar.gz • sharutils-4.1.tar.gz • slang0.99-31.tar.gz • SlingShot2.1.tar.gz • smail-3.1.28.tar.gz • snd-util-3.5.tar.gz • spider.tar.gz • splitvt-1.6.3.tar.gz • strace-3.0.tar.gz • sudo-1.2.tar.gz • svgalib-1.2.10.tar.gz • svr4-shlib-961222.tar.gz • sysklogd_1.3-11.tar.gz • sysvinit-2.62.tar.gz • tar-1.11.8.tar.gz • tcl7.5-linux.tar.gz • tclX7.5.0-linux.tar.gz • tcsh-6.06.tar.gz • tcx-linux.tar.gz • telnetd.tar.gz • telnetsnoopd.tar.gz • term-2.3.5.tar.gz • termcap-1.2.tar.gz • termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz • teTeX-src-0.4pl2.tar.gz • tetris-src.tar.gz • texinfo-3.7.tar.gz • textutils-1.13.tar.gz • tfinger.tar.gz • time-1.6.tar.gz • tin-1.22.tar.gz • tk4.1-linux.tar.gz • tkdesk-1.0a2.tar.gz • todos.tar.gz • tools-2.17.tar.gz • tput-1.0.tar.gz • transfig.3.1.2.tar.gz • trn-3.6.tar.gz • ttelnet.tar.gz • ttysnoop-0.11.tar.gz • tzcode95g.tar.gz • tzdata95k.tar.gz • umsdos_progs-0.8.src.tar.gz • unarj230.tar.gz • updated-1.2.tar.gz • util-linux-2.5.tar.gz • uucp-1.06.1.tar.gz • uucp-doc-1.06.tar.gz • uuencode-1.0.tar.gz • vim-3.0.tar.gz • which.tar.gz • WorkBone-2.3.tar.gz • WorkMan-1.3.tar.gz • wu-ftpd-2.4.tar.gz • x3270-3.1.0.5.tar.gz • xboard-3.0.pl9.tar.gz • xboard-3.2.pl2.tar.gz • xcolormap.tar.gz • xcuckoo-1.1.tar.gz • xemacs-19.14.tar.gz • XF86-3.1-cmptlib.tar.gz • xfm-1.3.2.tar.gz • xfm-1.3.tar.gz • xfractint-3.00.tar.gz • xgrabsc.2_3.tar.gz • xiafspgm-0.8.1.tar.gz • xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz • xlander.tar.gz • xlockmore-3.0.tar.gz • xlockmore-3.9.tar.gz • xmahjongg.tar.gz • xmandiff.tar.gz • xmenu.tar.gz • xminesweep2.1.tar.gz • xneko.tar.gz • xpaint-2.1.1.tar.gz • xroach.tar.gz • xspread2.1.tar.gz • xterm.tar.gz • xtetris-2.6.tar.gz • xvier.tar.gz • xview3.2p1-X11R6-LinuxELF.2.bin.tar.gz • xview3.2p1-X11R6-LinuxELF.2.src.tar.gz • xxgdb-1.12.tar.gz • yp-clients-2.1.tar.gz • ypserv-0.16.tar.gz • zftape-1.02.tar.gz • zoo-2.10.tar.gz • zsh-2.6.10.tar.gz

Full Package List: Slackware Linux 3.1

Number of packages: 280 (download as TXT)

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  •  adduser_slackware.tar.gz
  •  apache_1.0.0.tar.gz
  •  apache_1.0_psdocs.tar.gz
  •  apmd-2.4.tar.gz
  •  apple2-v002.tar.gz
  •  aps-49.tar.gz
  •  arena-beta-2b-src.tar.gz
  •  arpa.tar.gz
  •  ash-linux-0.2.tar.gz
  •  at-2.9.tar.gz
  •  autoconf-2.10.tar.gz
  •  banners.tar.gz
  •  bash-1.14.7.tar.gz
  •  bc-1.03.tar.gz
  •  bin86-0.3.tar.gz
  •  bind-4.9.3-BETA26.tar.gz
  •  binutils-2.6.0.14.bin.tar.gz
  •  binutils-2.6.0.14.tar.gz
  •  bison-1.22.tar.gz
  •  bpe.tar.gz
  •  bsd-games.src-1.3.tar.gz
  •  bwnfsd.tar.gz
  •  byacc.tar.gz
  •  c-news.tar.gz
  •  color-xterm-x11r6.tar.gz
  •  compress.tar.gz
  •  cpio-2.3.tar.gz
  •  cpm-0.2.tar.gz
  •  cpm.tar.gz
  •  curses-1.0.0.tar.gz
  •  db-1.85.4-bin-ELF.tar.gz
  •  db-1.85.4-src.tar.gz
  •  dcron22.tar.gz
  •  deliver4slackware.tar.gz
  •  dialog-0.6c.tar.gz
  •  diffutils-2.7.tar.gz
  •  dip337o-uri.tar.gz
  •  dosemu-0.63.1.36.tar.gz
  •  dosfsck.1.tar.gz
  •  e2fsprogs-1.04.tar.gz
  •  ed-0.2.tar.gz
  •  elm2.4.tar.gz
  •  elvis-1.8pl3.tar.gz
  •  emacs-19.31.tar.gz
  •  f2c.tar.gz
  •  fax-3.2.1.tar.gz
  •  fdutils-4.3.src.tar.gz
  •  file-3.14.tar.gz
  •  fileutils-3.12.tar.gz
  •  findutils-4.1.tar.gz
  •  finger-1.37.tar.gz
  •  flex-2.5.2.tar.gz
  •  flex-2.5.3.tar.gz
  •  ftape-2.02e.tar.gz
  •  ftape-2.03b.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-core.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-icons.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-modules.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-2.0.42.tar.gz
  •  fvwm95-2.0.41f.tar.gz
  •  fwhois-1.00.tar.gz
  •  g77-0.5.18.tar.gz
  •  gawk-2.15.6.tar.gz
  •  gcc-2.7.2.tar.gz
  •  gcc-2.7.man.tar.gz
  •  gcl-2.2.tar.gz
  •  gdb-4.16-testsuite.tar.gz
  •  gdb-4.16.tar.gz
  •  gdbm-1.7.3-ELF.tar.gz
  •  gdbm-1.7.3.tar.gz
  •  gencat.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-2.6.2.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-fonts-2.6.2.tar.gz
  •  ghostview-1.5.tar.gz
  •  gnat-3.03-src.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess-4.0.pl69.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess-4.0.pl74.patches.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess-4.0.pl74.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess.book-1.0.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess.test-1.0.tar.gz
  •  gnuplot-3.5.tar.gz
  •  gpm-1.09.tar.gz
  •  grep-2.0.tar.gz
  •  groff-1.10.tar.gz
  •  gzip-1.2.4.tar.gz
  •  hdparm-2.9.tar.gz
  •  ibcs-2.0-960610.tar.gz
  •  indent-1.9.1.tar.gz
  •  inn1.4.tar.gz
  •  ipfwadm-2.0.tar.gz
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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-15
Votes: 18

I'm a business consultant in Japan, currently in my 50s, with a background in network engineering. I've been using Ubuntu for nearly a decade, having switched all my home computers from Microsoft Windows. Testing Slackware for a few weeks as a replacement for Ubuntu has been quite a revelation. Surprisingly, adapting the system to the Japanese language was super easy and straight forward. Despite not having changed much since I first encountered it in the 1990s, the modern Slackware is running significantly faster and more smoothly than Ubuntu, after a bit of initial troubleshooting. The sense of control over the system is palpable, even though I've only gone through the basic routines of `sudo slackpkg update` and `upgrade-all`, and installed a few SlackBuild applications as an experience. This feeling of transparency and control is something I’ve never experienced with more closed-off distributions. I am grateful to the developers and the community, and I hope the distribution continues to thrive.

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Version: current
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-08-10
Votes: 32

I'm using Slackware-current on my main desktop and Slackware 15.0 (with Salix third-party repos) on my two laptops, and they all function as they need to be. Slackware is Linux as it was meant to be: minimal, old school, and portable. You can make it into your very own OS if you'd like, or just accept the defaults. What makes this better than Debian or Arch is that I can tell the system what I want and don't want on my system. They also never went along with the Systemd scam, as far as I can tell, and Elogind is there if I want to use desktop environments (I use i3wm, which doesn't need any of that). Newer packages can be built from SBO (SlackBuilds). No problems being on the newer 6.10 kernels.

I highly recommend Slackware and Slackware-based distros if you're a long-time Linux/Unix-like user who's ready to end the distrohop once and for all. Debian and Arch are too politically corrupt, whereas we Slackware users rely on each other as a COMMUNITY. Think that's the real dividing line, and it shows. We must thank Patrick Volkerding and his co-developers for continuing to publish only the highest-quality open-source software!

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Version: 14.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-30
Votes: 10

I am still using 14.2 version (have version 15 on another partition), it runs fine like an old knitting machine. Of course I now have to update packages manually, like firefox, openoffice, palemoon ..., thats not a problem, and unlike slackware 15 where I have some issues due to the graphics being too bright or something, I can keep using this version with not many vision problems - its a great distro, long live slackware 14.2.

I have been using slackware since version 9.1, got of a cover of a magazine here in the UK - its never failed me.

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