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Slackware takes a different approach than other popular distributions such as Red Hat, Debian, Gentoo, SuSE, and Mandrake Linux. It might best be described as "UNIX-like", given its policy of incorporating only stable applications, and the absence of distribution-specific GUI configuration tools found in other varieties of Linux. Partisans have been known to say, "When you know Slackware, you know Linux... when you know Red Hat, all you know is Red Hat."
| Versions | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | July 17 | 1993 |
| 2.0 | July 2 | 1994 |
| 3.0 | November 30 | 1995 |
| 3.1 | June 3 | 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan |
| 3.2 | February 17February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining (318 in leap years). Events 197 Battle of Lugdunum, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats his rival Clodius Albinus, securing full control over the Roman Emp | 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t |
| 3.3 | June 11June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. Events 1184 BC According to the calculations of Eratosthenes, the date that Troy was sacked and burned. 1509 Marriage of King Henry VIII of Engl | 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t |
| 3.5 | June 9June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. Events 68 Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging | 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting |
| 4.0 | May 17May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). There are 228 days remaining. Events 1590 Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. 1642 Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Mon | 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep |
| 7.0 | October 25 | 1999 |
| 7.1 | June 22 | 2000 |
| 8.0 | July 1 | 2001 |
| 8.1 | June 18 | 2002 |
| 9.0 | March 19 | 2003 |
| 9.1 | September 26 | 2003 |
| 10.0 | June 23 | 2004 |
| 10.1 | ??? | |
Slackware's latest stable version is 10.0 (as of June 23, 2004), which includes support for ALSA, GCC 3.3.4, Linux kernel 2.4.26 and 2.6.7, GNOME 2.6.1, KDE 3.2.3, and all the usual utilities.
There is also a testing version of Slackware called 'Current' that can be used for a more bleeding edge distribution.
The first version, 1.00, was released on July 17, 1993 by Patrick Volkerding. The original 1.0 announcement can be found here [1]. It was based on the SLS Linux distribution and supplied as 3½" floppy disk images that were available by anonymous FTP. Slackware celebrated its 10th anniversary on July 17, 2003.
The name "Slackware" stems from the term "Slack," as defined by the Church of the SubGenius.