Slackware Linux

Slackware is an operating system based on the Linux kernel. People often refer to Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOSX. But in fact Linux is the kernel on top of which all the 'user space' software runs, and Slackware is just one example of a Linux based OS. There are many, many more. The differences between the various distros, as they are known, largely boil down to how everything is put together. The actual software that ...
...rather than Linux in general. Slackware is the longest running of all Linux distros (distributions). It was first released in 1993, and the latest version is Slackware 12.0. It is renowned for it's stability and reliability. It is also known as being a little tricky to begin with, particularly if you are unfamiliar with Linux. This may be true, and I had difficulty at first. Unlike many other distros, Slackware doesn't automatically set everything ...

simcox1 23.09.2007 (24.09.2007) · Read full review
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Most of you probably won't have heard of LOAF (Linux On A Floppy). It is one of many distributions of Linux which is minimalist enough (don't expect a GUI) to fit on a humble 3.5" floppy disk. You still get all the main utilities you would expect in a unix type environment, but the self contained little thing can be conveniently run (from boot-up) on a PC set up with Microsh*t type OS, without hassling over partition tables or completely overhauling ...

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Having used BSD for years, I progressed to Linux. Having said progressed, I at first regressed through the early Red Hat systems, an example of jewry rigged systems, all put together in a spagetti of configuration files and utilities - ghastly to use! However, BSD has its own downfalls. Whilst being great as the server, it cannot handle a great deal of the utilities designed for UN*X's - nowadays all designed for Linux -> JED is an example - the ...
...and when I tried to use GNU-ST with the front end for X11 - well, I was pushing my luck ;) So, I went to Slackware, having heard it was one of the most UNIX like of the bunch. I love it; I've been using it for about 3 months, it works cleanly, it's stable, and modular kernel programming is not a hard task - it is quite easy to adapt to linux from BSD. I have the advantages of being compatible with almost all of the UNIX world, as most are now on ...

szczesny 23.05.2001 · Read full review
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...mandrake or suse, slackware does not require tons of space to download the base installation files. So a 40 meg download later i had all the files needed for a basic installation. Also, as it does not use graphical installation tools, it works on older computers with slow graphic cards. ...

sunstorm2k 19.11.2000 · Read full review
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This operating system is great! I chose the option zipslack to run slackware. This option is ideal for first time Linux users as no partitioning is necessary and only a small amount of hard drive space is necessary. This distro is only command line with all the usual features of a Linux distro but an X windows interface is not difficult to add. Another version is available called bigslack, which is the same as zipslack but requires more hard drive ...

phatman 03.09.2000 · Read full review
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I first came across SlackWare some 5 or 6 years ago and used it to build my first Linux Server. Since then I have used it to build servers for customers and as our in house proxy / mail server. As with any Linux it has always proved to be reliable. I like the SlackWare distro because it is unhindered by fancy install programs and un-necessary modules. However I don't think it is the best distro for a novice. Whether you download it or buy one of ...

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