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What is Slackware Linux?
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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The Slackware Philosophy
Since its first release in April of 1993, the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing
the most "UNIX-like" Linux distribution out there. Slackware complies with the published Linux
standards, such as the Linux File System Standard. We have always considered simplicity and
stability paramount, and as a result Slackware has become one of the most popular, stable, and
friendly distributions available.
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Slackware Overview
Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking "UNIX-like" system. It's currently
based around the 2.4 Linux kernel series and the GNU C Library version 2.3.2 (libc6).
It contains an easy to use installation program, extensive online documentation, and a
menu-driven package system. A full installation gives you the X Window System, C/C++
development environments, Perl, networking utilities, a mail server, a news server, a
web server, an ftp server, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, Mozilla, plus many more
programs. Slackware Linux can run on 486 systems all the way up to the latest x86
machines as well as IBM mainframes.
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