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DistroWatch.com: Slackware Linux

Slackware Linux

Last Update: 2023-09-23 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: 46 (227 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: 37 (252), 6 months: 46 (227), 3 months: 40 (235), 4 weeks: 49 (214), 1 week: 48 (214)

Average visitor rating: 8.99/10 from 110 review(s).

Slackware Summary
Distribution	The Slackware Linux Project
Home Page	http://www.slackware.com/
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Documentation	http://docs.slackware.com/ The Revised Slackware Book Project
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To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.

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.

Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

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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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • 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 • xgrabsc.2_3.tar.gz • xgrabsc.2_41.tar.gz • xiafspgm-0.8.1.tar.gz • xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz • xlander.tar.gz • xlockmore-4.02.1.tar.gz • xmahjongg.tar.gz • xmenu.tar.gz • xminesweep2.1.tar.gz • xneko.tar.gz • xpaint-2.4.9.tar.gz • xroach.tar.gz • xspread2.1.tar.gz • xv-3.10.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 • ypclients-2.2-970318.tar.gz • ypserv-1.1.5.tar.gz • ytalk-3.0.2-8bit.tar.gz • ziptool-1.0.tar.gz • zoo-2.10.tar.gz • zsh-3.0.3.tar.gz • zsh-doc.tar.gz

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
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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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