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Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993. Originally based on Softlanding Linux System (SLS), [5] Slackware has been the basis for many other Linux distributions, most notably the first versions of SUSE Linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution that is still maintained.
There were five editions of Slax 5: Slax Standard was the standard edition for normal personal use, introduced in Slax 5.0.0.; Slax KillBill included Wine, DOSBox and QEMU to run DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, introduced with Slax 5.0.2.
Tiny Core Linux is an example of Linux distribution that run from RAM. This is a list of Linux distributions that can be run entirely from a computer's RAM, meaning that once the OS has been loaded to the RAM, the media it was loaded from can be completely removed, and the distribution will run the PC through the RAM only.
Slackware: Patrick Volkerding: dev team: 1993 15.0 [81] ? 2022-02-02 X Softlanding Linux System (SLS) general None Active Slax: Tomas Matejicek Tomas Matejicek 2002 12.2.0 [82] ? 2023-10-10 X Debian, Slackware (until Slax 9) live None Active SliTaz GNU/Linux: Christophe Lincoln dev team: 2008 Rolling: Rolling: 2020-02-23 [83] X Independent ...
Salix OS retains full backwards compatibility with Slackware. This enables Slackware users to benefit from Salix repositories, which they can use as an "extra" source of software for their distribution. However, while in the KISS principle that Slackware adheres to, "Simple" refers to the system design, Salix OS applies it to daily use as well ...
Slackware 1.0; Spring; Windows NT 3.1 (First Windows NT kernel public release) 1994 AIX 4.0, 4.1; IBM MVS/ESA SP Version 5; NetBSD 1.0 (First multi-platform release, October 1994) OS/2 Warp 3.0; Red Hat; RISC OS 3.5; SPIN – extensible OS written in Modula-3; 1995 Digital UNIX (aka Tru64 UNIX) OpenBSD; OS/390
16th LTS release, used in Slackware 14.2. [183] Canonical provided extended support until April 2021. [184] As the first kernel selected for Super Long Term Support (SLTS), the Civil Infrastructure Platform will provide support until at least 2026. [2] Used in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 4.3 1 November 2015 [185] 4.3.6 [186]
In the extreme case - user can use a computer without a GUI and even browse the internet in a terminal, without images, in Lynx, on a weak computer. A light-weight Linux distribution a Linux distribution that uses lower memory and processor-speed requirements than a more "feature-rich" Linux distribution.