 About Slackware
The origins of Slackware can be traced back to the SLS Linux
distribution. Unhappy with the direction being taken by SLS,
Patrick Volkerding decided to release a modified distribution, named
Slackware. The first release was made in July 1993 with the
full
distribution requiring 24 floppies.
Slackware is generally targeted at the intermediate or advanced Linux
user. Slackware Linux can run on 486 systems all the way up
to
the latest x86 machines (but uses -mcpu=i686 optimization for best
performance on i686-class machines like the P3, P4, and Duron/Athlon).
Slackware 12.0
Key Facts
Developer:
|
Slackware
Linux Inc
|
Price:
|
Entire
distribution
is available for download free of charge |
Released:
|
2
July
2007
|
Installation
Media:
|
CD (6),
DVD (1),
BitTorrent
|
Architectures
supported:
|
Intel,
ported to
S/390
|
Package
Management:
|
slackpkg
(Slackware
package management)
|
Official
Website:
|
www.slackware.com
|
Kernel
|
2.6.21.5
(supporting ReiserFS journaling filesystem, SCSI and ATA RAID
volume support, SATA support, and kernel support for X DRI (the Direct
Rendering Interface). Also included is a kernel patched with
Speakup to support speech synthesizers providing access to
Linux for the visually impaired community. |
| GNOME |
-
|
KDE |
3.5.7
|
XOrg
|
7.2.0
|
Xfce |
4.4.1 |
| OpenOffice |
-
|
Evolution |
-
|
| Firefox |
2.0.0.4
|
Gimp |
2.2.15
|
| Python |
2.5.1
|
Perl
|
5.8.8
|
| Apache |
2.2.4
|
PHP
|
5.2.3
|
MySQL
|
5.0.37
|
PostgreSQL
|
-
|
Samba
|
3.0.25b
|
GNU
Compiler
Collection |
4.1.2
|
Reviews
| 12.0
(current release) |
tuxmachines,
Shift+Backspace,
Linux.com,
FRLinux
(French), blogspot, LinMagazine
(Hebrew) |
11.0
(current release)
|
TechieMoe,
Open
Addict, blogspot,
Penguin
Pete's Blog, theWeeklyRant,
ReviewLinux
|
10.2
|
Linux.com,
Linux
Weekly News, tuxmachines.org,
NewsForge
|
Selected
Websites
Other
Official Websites
|
Slackware Book Project,
Slackware
Store,
|
Ports
|
Slackintosh
(Macintosh), Splack
(Sparc -- suspended), S/390
|
Support/Forums
|
Slackware Help Forum,
Slackware
+ Chinese Linux
Extension, Dropline
GNOME, Slacklife
(Brazil), Slackware
Brasil (Brazil), SlackForum.de
(German), Slackware
Italia
(Italian), Slackware.PL
(Polish), eSlack
(Spanish), Slackware.se
(Swedish)
|
Recommended Book
Last Updated Friday, March 21 2008 @ 07:10 AM EST
|
