Back in 1991, a computer science student named Linus Torvalds announced on a newsgroup that he was creating a "hobby OS." That hobby was Linux, and today it's much more than a tinkerer's operating ...

If you started using GNU/Linux in the last 10 years or so, there’s a very good chance your first distribution was Ubuntu. But despite what you may have heard on some of the elitist Linux message ...

For me, it’s not just an anniversary; it’s a celebration of an operating system that truly changed the landscape and continues its steadfast journey. The story of Slackware began in late 1992 with ...

Slackware 15 is a throwback to old-school Linux with a modern kick Your email has been sent There are moments when I think, “I miss the old days of Linux when things were a bit more challenging.” I ...

People sometimes ask which distribution to try if they want to learn how Linux works. Common answers are Gentoo, Arch, or Debian. However, I disagree. Each of these distros teach users their ...

On July 16th, 1993, Slackware Linux distribution was officially released. Based entirely on the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) system, it was designed for the machines with a 3.5” boot floppy. Over ...

Short Bytes: World’s oldest Linux distribution Slackware 14.2 is finally available for download. This release brings along multiple changes on the fronts of stability and security. The update also ...

The Slackware Linux Project has released their version 12.2 distribution. Every time I do something with Slackware it brings back a lot of memories... going to Usenix conferences 10+ years ago, and ...

Slackel is a Linux distro a step away from the mainstream Debian-based Linux OS line. It is based on Slackware and Salix. Users already familiar with that lineage are more inclined to like Slackel.

Anyone with a significant interest in Linux distributions knows about Slackware Linux, so I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about what it is, where it came from, how it has survived (and ...