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Slackware Linux


Last Update: 2023-09-23 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.

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Slackware Summary
Distribution The Slackware Linux Project
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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:
 • 2023-07-17 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
 • 2020-02-12 Slackware introduces 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
Release Date 2023-09-23 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 3.3
  Number of packages: 302 (download as TXT)
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  •  apache_1.0_psdocs.tar.gz
  •  apache_1.2.0.tar.gz
  •  apmd-2.4.tar.gz
  •  apple2-v002.tar.gz
  •  aps-49.tar.gz
  •  arena-beta-2b-src.tar.gz
  •  arpd-1.0.2.tar.gz
  •  ash-linux-0.2.tar.gz
  •  at-2.9b.tar.gz
  •  autoconf-2.12.tar.gz
  •  banners.tar.gz
  •  bash-1.14.7.tar.gz
  •  bash-2.01.tar.gz
  •  bash-doc-2.01.tar.gz
  •  bc-1.04.tar.gz
  •  biff+comsat-0.10.tar.gz
  •  bin86-0.4.tar.gz
  •  bind-4.9.5-P1.tar.gz
  •  binutils-2.8.1.0.1.tar.gz
  •  bison-1.25.tar.gz
  •  bootp-DD2.4.3.tar.gz
  •  bpe.tar.gz
  •  bsd-finger-0.10.tar.gz
  •  bsd-games.src-1.3.tar.gz
  •  BusLogic-2.0.7-beta.tar.gz
  •  bwnfsd.tar.gz
  •  byacc.tar.gz
  •  c-news.tar.gz
  •  clock-1.6.tar.gz
  •  color-xterm-x11r6.tar.gz
  •  compress.tar.gz
  •  cpio-2.4.2.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
  •  dialog-0.6z.tar.gz
  •  diffutils-2.7.tar.gz
  •  dip337o-uri.tar.gz
  •  dosfsck.1.tar.gz
  •  e2fsprogs-1.10.tar.gz
  •  ed-0.2.tar.gz
  •  elm2.4.tar.gz
  •  elvis-1.8pl3.tar.gz
  •  emacs-19.34b.tar.gz
  •  emacspeak-dt-0.15.tar.gz
  •  f2c.tar.gz
  •  fdutils-5.2.tar.gz
  •  fetchmail-4.1.1.tar.gz
  •  file-3.22.tar.gz
  •  fileutils-3.12.tar.gz
  •  findutils-4.1.tar.gz
  •  flex-2.5.4.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-core.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-icons.tar.gz
  •  fvwm-1.23b-modules.tar.gz
  •  fvwm95-2.0.41f.tar.gz
  •  fwhois-1.00.tar.gz
  •  g77-0.5.20.tar.gz
  •  gawk-3.0.3-doc.tar.gz
  •  gawk-3.0.3.tar.gz
  •  gcc-2.7.2.2.tar.gz
  •  gcc-2.7.man.tar.gz
  •  gcl-2.2.2.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
  •  getty_ps-2.0.7i.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-3.33.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-3.33jpeg.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-fonts-other-3.33.tar.gz
  •  ghostscript-fonts-std-3.33.tar.gz
  •  ghostview-1.5.tar.gz
  •  glibc-2.0.4.tar.gz
  •  glibc-linuxthreads-2.0.4.tar.gz
  •  gnat-3.09-src.tar.gz
  •  gnuchess-4.0.pl77.tar.gz
  •  gnuplot-3.5.tar.gz
  •  gpm-1.10.tar.gz
  •  grep-2.0.tar.gz
  •  groff-1.11a.tar.gz
  •  gs-svgalib-3.33.tar.gz
  •  gzip-1.2.4.tar.gz
  •  hdparm-3.3.tar.gz
  •  ibcs-2.0.970513.tar.gz
  •  icmpinfo-1.10.tar.gz
  •  indent-1.9.1.tar.gz
  •  inn-1.5.1.tar.gz
  •  inn-1.5.1sec2.tar.gz
  •  ipfwadm-2.0.tar.gz
  •  ipfwadm-2.3.0.tar.gz
  •  ircII2.3.17+tv1.1.tar.gz
  •  ispell-3.1.20.tar.gz
  •  jaztool-1.0.tar.gz
  •  jed097-14.tar.gz
  •  joe2.8.tar.gz
  •  jove4.14.10.tar.gz
  •  jpegsrc.v6a.tar.gz
  •  kbd-0.94.tar.gz
  •  koules1.3-src.tar.gz
  •  ld.so-1.9.5.tar.gz
  •  less-332.tar.gz
  •  lha-1.00.tar.gz
  •  libc-4.7.6.tar.gz
  •  libc-5.4.33.bin.tar.gz
  •  libc-5.4.33.tar.gz
  •  libc_s-951222.tar.gz
  •  libf2c-0.11.tar.gz
  •  libg++-2.7.2.tar.gz
  •  libgr-2.0.12.tar.gz
  •  libnsl-960201.tar.gz
  •  libXpm-3.4c.tar.gz
  •  lilo-20.tar.gz
  •  lilo.19.tar.gz
  •  linux-0.01.tar.gz
  •  linux-2.0.30.tar.gz
  •  linux-2.1.44.tar.gz
  •  linux-ftpd-0.10.tar.gz
  •  linux-lizards-1.4.tar.gz
  •  linux_pcnfsd2.tar.gz
  •  LPRng-3.1.3.tar.gz
  •  lpr_5.9-13.tar.gz
  •  lrzsz-0.12a.tar.gz
  •  Lsox-linux.tar.gz
  •  lynx2-6.tar.gz
  •  m4-1.4.tar.gz
  •  mailx-5.5.tar.gz
  •  make-3.74.tar.gz
  •  MAKEDEV-2.2.tar.gz
  •  MAKEDEV-C-1.5.tar.gz
  •  makewhatis.tar.gz
  •  man-1.4i.tar.gz
  •  man-pages-1.16.tar.gz
  •  maze.tar.gz
  •  mbase50.tar.gz
  •  mbase51.tar.gz
  •  mc-4.0.tar.gz
  •  meminfo.tar.gz
  •  mini-inews.tar.gz
  •  minicom-1.75.tar.gz
  •  mirror-2.8.f3.tar.gz
  •  mkdosfs-0.2.tar.gz
  •  modules-2.0.0.tar.gz
  •  modutils-2.1.34.tar.gz
  •  mount-2.7f.tar.gz
  •  mpeg-linux.bin.tar.gz
  •  mpeg-play.tar.gz
  •  mt-st-0.4.tar.gz
  •  mtools-3.7.tar.gz
  •  mun-ruptime-0.8.tar.gz
  •  ncftp-2.4.2.tar.gz
  •  ncurses-1.9.9e.tar.gz
  •  net-tools-1.421.tar.gz
  •  netdate.tar.gz
  •  netkit-base-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-bootparamd-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-ftp-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-ntalk-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-routed-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-rsh-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-rusers-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-rwall-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-rwho-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-telnet-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-tftp-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netkit-timed-0.10.tar.gz
  •  netpipes.3.1.tar.gz
  •  netwrite-0.10.tar.gz
  •  nfs-server-2.2beta29.tar.gz
  •  nls.tar.gz
  •  nn-6.4.18.tar.gz
  •  nntp-1.5.12.1.tar.gz
  •  nvi.1.34.tar.gz
  •  olvwm4-truecolor.tar.gz
  •  p2c-1.20.tar.gz
  •  patch-2.1b.tar.gz
  •  patch-2.3.tar.gz
  •  pcmcia-cs-2.9.2.tar.gz
  •  pcmcia-cs-2.9.6.tar.gz
  •  pdksh-5.2.3.tar.gz
  •  perl5.004_03.tar.gz
  •  pidentd-2.7b3.tar.gz
  •  pine3.96.tar.gz
  •  pmake.v1.0.tar.gz
  •  pop3d-1.005h.tar.gz
  •  portmap_5beta.tar.gz
  •  ppp-2.1.2b.tar.gz
  •  ppp-2.2.0f.tar.gz
  •  procmail-3.10-2.tar.gz
  •  procps-1.01.tar.gz
  •  protlib-960201.tar.gz
  •  quota-1.51.tar.gz
  •  rcs-5.7.tar.gz
  •  rdist-6.1.0-linuxpl2.tar.gz
  •  readline-2.1.tar.gz
  •  ruptime-570.tar.gz
  •  rxvt-2.03.tar.gz
  •  rxvt-2.08.tar.gz
  •  samba-1.9.17p2.tar.gz
  •  sast1.5-snd+gfx.tar.gz
  •  sast1.5-src.tar.gz
  •  sc621.linux.tar.gz
  •  sco-libs-940731.tar.gz
  •  screen-3.7.2.tar.gz
  •  sed-2.05.tar.gz
  •  seejpeg-1.6.1.tar.gz
  •  sendmail.8.8.7.tar.gz
  •  setserial-2.12.tar.gz
  •  Seyon-2.14c.tar.gz
  •  sh-utils-1.16.tar.gz
  •  shadow_970616.tar.gz
  •  sharutils-4.1.tar.gz
  •  slang0.99-31.tar.gz
  •  slattach.tar.gz
  •  SlingShot2.1.tar.gz
  •  sliplogin-2.1.0.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-shadow.tar.gz
  •  svgalib-1.2.10.tar.gz
  •  svr4-shlib-961222.tar.gz
  •  sysklogd_1.3-11.tar.gz
  •  sysvinit-2.69.tar.gz
  •  tar-1.12.tar.gz
  •  tcl7.5-linux.tar.gz
  •  tclX7.5.0-linux.tar.gz
  •  tcp_wrappers_7.4.tar.gz
  •  tcsh-6.07.tar.gz
  •  tcx-linux.tar.gz
  •  telnetsnoopd-fixed.tar.gz
  •  termcap-2.0.8.tar.gz
  •  teTeX-src-0.4pl2.tar.gz
  •  texinfo-3.9.tar.gz
  •  textutils-1.22.tar.gz
  •  time-1.7.tar.gz
  •  tin-1.22.tar.gz
  •  tk4.1-linux.tar.gz
  •  tkdesk-1.0b4.tar.gz
  •  todos.tar.gz
  •  tools-2.17.tar.gz
  •  tput-1.0.tar.gz
  •  traceroute-4.4BSD.tar.gz
  •  transfig.3.1.2.tar.gz
  •  trn-3.6.tar.gz
  •  ttysnoop-0.12c.tar.gz
  •  tzcode1997g.tar.gz
  •  tzdata1997h.tar.gz
  •  umsdos_progs-0.9.src.tar.gz
  •  unarj230.tar.gz
  •  updated-1.2.tar.gz
  •  util-linux-2.7.1.tar.gz
  •  uucp-1.06.1.tar.gz
  •  uucp-doc-1.06.tar.gz
  •  vim-4.6.tar.gz
  •  wget-1.4.5.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-3.6.1.tar.gz
  •  xcolormap.tar.gz
  •  xcuckoo-1.1.tar.gz
  •  xfig.3.1.4.tar.gz
  •  xfileman.tar.gz
  •  xfm-1.3.2.tar.gz
  •  xfm-1.3.tar.gz
  •  xfractint-3.02.tar.gz
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Version: 15.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-31
Votes: 1


Being a slackware fan, I would love more than anything to give it a 10. But 9 is the most I can manage for the lack of a unified package manager, and the lack of support for openZFS. Besides that, it is indeed perfect, and so stable you can forget about it.

Things to be aware: kernel upgrades are usually just fine, but sometimes you need to take a few steps to get it bootable. Specially if you use strange modules.

The new change for GRUB may be a good thing, but that is still to be seeing. In my experience, some hardware will work easily with lilo. Not to mention UEFI, this atrocity. But well, not Slackware fault.



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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-07-10
Votes: 49


Preface, if you want a distribution all special effects and configuration wizards, stay away from it, it is not for you.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for substance, read on.

Slackware is "old school" linux but that does not mean it is obsolete or unsuitable for use in a modern PC or server, simply that it follows the KISS (keep it simple stupid) philosophy and does not decide instead of the end user how it should be used.

It provides a choice of software, DE, and WM that may be redundant for many but all of which allows for much, if not all, of what is needed to begin using it.

For everything else there is slackbuilds.org and various repositories of already compiled packages, as an example I can mention AlienBOB aka Eric Hameleers.

Slackware does not dazzle with customization and special effects aimed at catching new users, everything is in "vanilla" configuration, that is, as released by the software developers, including the kernel but if you have the patience to learn about the distribution and do not let yourself be discouraged by the fact that any configuration will have to be done by editing the configuration files, either through the system tools or manually, you will end up with a system that is truly your own and not one prepared according to someone else's tastes.

At first it seems hostile, but in the long run the satisfaction of learning how it works might even convince you to stop jumping from one distro to another.




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Version: 15.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-11
Votes: 35


Slackware is not for the faint of heart, or easy-click monkeys. With Slackware it's possible to have a functional operating system that takes up disk sizes reminiscent of days gone by. With Slackware you learn to be a conscious user , to move your brain, to understand what well-made software looks like. Slackware is especially useful for servers. For those who want a DAW or graphics workstation : better to lean on Devuaan , which can draw on a large software pool. If you take pleasure in drugging yourself with special effects at the click of a button, Slackware is not for you.


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