Slackware

E37464
Linux distribution operating system

Slackware is one of the oldest actively maintained Linux distributions, known for its simplicity, stability, and adherence to Unix-like design principles.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Slackware canonical 9
Slackware Linux 6
Slackware Linux distribution 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux distribution ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
basedOn Linux kernel ⓘ
communitySupport LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum ⓘ
configurationStyle manual editing of text configuration files ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
currentDevelopmentBranch -current ⓘ
defaultInitSystem BSD-style init ⓘ
defaultUserInterface command-line interface ⓘ
designGoal adherence to Unix philosophy ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
stability ⓘ
developer Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
distributionModel ISO images and installation media ⓘ
documentation Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Book
doesNotUse systemd ⓘ
includesDesktopEnvironment KDE Plasma desktop environment ⓘ
surface form: KDE Plasma

Xfce ⓘ
influenced Slamd64 ⓘ
VectorLinux ⓘ
Zenwalk Linux ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1993-07-16 ⓘ
license various free and open-source licenses ⓘ
maintainer Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
notableFeature minimal automatic configuration ⓘ
text-based installer ⓘ
vanilla upstream packages with few modifications ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily Unix-like ⓘ
packageFormat .tgz ⓘ
.txz ⓘ
packageManager pkgtools ⓘ
programmingLanguage shell script ⓘ
releases Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Slackware 14.2

Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Slackware 15.0
repositoryLayout series-based package sets (A, AP, D, K, L, N, X, XAP, Y, etc.) ⓘ
sourceModel open source ⓘ
supportsBootloader GNU GRUB ⓘ
surface form: GRUB

LILO ⓘ
supportsPlatform ARM ⓘ
surface form: ARM (via Slackware ARM / ARMedslack)

x86 ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ
targetAudience advanced Linux users ⓘ
system administrators ⓘ
updateModel rolling release for -current branch ⓘ
stable point releases ⓘ
uses LILO bootloader by default (historically) ⓘ
website https://www.slackware.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Linux → hasDistributions → Slackware ⓘ
Slackware → releases → Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware 14.2
Slackware → releases → Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware 15.0
Slackware → documentation → Slackware self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Book
Linux kernel → usedIn → Slackware ⓘ
Patrick Volkerding → knownFor → Slackware ⓘ
Patrick Volkerding → knownFor → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
Patrick Volkerding → notableWork → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
Patrick Volkerding → notableWork → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
Patrick Volkerding → developed → Slackware ⓘ
Patrick Volkerding → developed → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
Patrick Volkerding → associatedWith → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware project
Patrick Volkerding → employer → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware project
Patrick Volkerding → operatingSystemDeveloped → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum → focusesOn → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum → topic → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware kernel
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum → topic → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware security
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum → topic → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware derivatives
LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum → relatedTo → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
Slamd64 → basedOn → Slackware ⓘ
VectorLinux → basedOn → Slackware ⓘ
VectorLinux → derivesFrom → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
Zenwalk Linux → basedOn → Slackware ⓘ
Zenwalk Linux → derivesFrom → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
LILO → usedIn → Slackware ⓘ
this entity surface form: Slackware Linux
GNU/Linux → hasVariant → Slackware ⓘ
Unix-like systems → includes → Slackware ⓘ