Slackware Linux Turns 30, Happy Birthday!
That’s right, on July 16th, 1993, Patrick Volkerding announced Slackware Linux 1.00 as the first stable release of an independently developed GNU/Linux distribution as a “complete installation system designed for systems with a 3.5″ boot floppy”.
Slackware Linux’s first stable release was largely based on the Softlanding Linux System (SLS), one of the first Linux distributions released back in 1992 with the motto “Gentle Touchdowns for DOS Bailouts”, but Patrick Volkerding has been enhancing and modifying it substantially with its own package manager.
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Slackware celebrates 30 years in the Linux distribution world
Slackware, the world’s oldest maintained Linux distribution, has reached the milestone of turning 30 years old.
Slackware’s first release predates the Linux kernel reaching version 1 and was an introduction to the operating system for many IT professionals.
It was created by Patrick Volkerding, with version 1 emerging 30 years ago while the most recent major release, 15, was made available in 2022.
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Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking
This week the Slackware Linux project is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It is the oldest Linux distribution that is still in active maintenance and development.
Version 1.0 of Slackware was announced on the July 16, 1993, and project lead Patrick Volkerding, who still maintains the distribution today, celebrated with a modest announcement...
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Origin Of Slackware: Oldest Surviving Linux Distro
Recently Slackware the oldest surviving Linux distro turned 30 years old so I thought what better time to look back and the origin of this legendary distro and see how we got here.
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Slackware turns 30, founder says his 'crazy idea' has borne fruit
In a short note posted on Patreon last week, Volkerding said: "Once upon a time in the early days of Linux, after months of tinkering with a customised distribution and putting it online for beta testing, I got the crazy idea to call it stable and to post the announcement linked below starting Slackware on the path to where it is today."
Slackware is still used by a sizeable number who like doing things the old way. Other distributions, like Red Hat and Debian, have moved on, but Volkerding is still catering to his loyal band of users.
On one occasion, Volkerding somewhat sarcastically responded to the marketing around version numbers — a tactic used mainly by Red Hat — and released version 7.0, after the previous version was 4.0.
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FOSS Week in Review: Slackware Turns 30, Mageia 9 Coming Soon, & LibreOffice 7.5.5
Yes, the official name of this column is Friday FOSS Week in Review, although we no longer include the day in the headline. And yes, today is Saturday, not Friday.
So why, I hear you ask, is this column being posted a day late?
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