I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 04, 2026

Quoting: I tried the oldest Linux distro still standing, and it was a total reality check —

There are tons of Linux distros. Most of them are new, some of them are old, some of them so old they don't exist anymore. But there's one distro that has stood the test of time, surprisingly. And that's none other than Slackware.

But how come the ancestor to your own Linux distro is apparently still standing?

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