The Slackware installer has remained nearly unchanged since the 1990’s. If you’re looking to learn Linux, there’s great benefit in Slackware’s almost fanatical insistence on simplicity.

Almost lost in the noise surrounding the release of Ubuntu 11.04, there was a new release of Slackware as well. Arguably the oldest of them all, Slackware is still chugging along very nicely under ...

I used to use Slackware exclusively, and the big selling point (for me) was in knowing exactly what was on your system, and where it was.<BR><BR>I've since moved onto to Debian (on two of my three ...

Slackware 15 comes as a 3.8 GB ISO file download for 64-bit computers, and my target for the distro was an old desktop PC with an AMD processor and a big-enough spinning rust hard disk which had ...

Slackware is something special and should be considered by anyone who prefers absolute stability over a few conveniences. Slackware has always impressed me, and the latest release does not disappoint.

Linux distribution Slackware has dropped the GNOME desktop environment from its version of the open source operating system, claiming that it is too much work to maintain it. The most recent ...

Slackware lacks automation and graphical tools for beginners, making it time-consuming and limiting. Linux From Scratch and NixOS involve complex build processes and unfamiliar package management ...

I've never used Stow with Slackware (I run version 9, but I've kept up to date with the -current tree). It still uses the *.tgz package format but IMO it works very well. *shrug*<br><br>I've heard ...

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.

Slackware–listed down at No. 16 on DistroWatch–also took the No. 2 spot on the server side. Debian, meanwhile, ranked at No. 3 on the desktop with just over 13 percent.