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slapt-get builds functionality on top of the native Slackware package tools (installpkg, upgradepkg and removepkg) enabling package query, remote fetching, system updates, integrated changelog information, and many optional advanced features [3] such as dependency resolution, package conflicts, suggestions, checksum and public key verification, and transfer resumption.
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.
Compatible with Slackware package management tools; Nix package manager: Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of ...
That hobby was Linux, and today it's much more than a tinkerer's operating system, with availability on all manner of hardware and a seemingly unlimited array of flavors, or "distributions."
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Porteus uses a package manager utilizing slackware. [12] Porteus Kiosk ... Slackware-Based Porteus Linux 4.0 ...
Zenwalk GNU/Linux [2] is a desktop-focused Linux distribution founded by Jean-Philippe Guillemin. It is based on Slackware with very few modifications at system level making it 100% compatible with Slackware. [3] It aims to be a modern, multi-purpose Linux distribution by focusing on internet applications, multimedia and programming tools. [4]
Tux Machines reviewed Kwort Linux in March 2006. [11] The review included the following: Not long after booting the install cd I became aware that Kwort is based on Slackware. They use a slightly simplified Slackware installer. Basically, only the target partition is asked before the install begins and then it installs a base system.