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Slackware was one of the earliest Linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution still being maintained. It was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. It has a policy of incorporating only stable releases of applications, standing mainly for stability and ease of use. For a good while, other Linux distributions that came after it were in fact evaluated for their "Slackware compatibility".

History and name

Slackware mascot -- Tux with pipe

The first Slackware release, 1.00, was on July 16, 1993 [1] by Patrick Volkerding, founder and lead developer. It was based on the SLS Linux distribution and supplied as 3½" floppy disk images that were available by anonymous FTP. Slackware is the oldest maintained distribution to date.

The name "Slackware" stems from the term "Slack", as defined by the Church of the SubGenius.

In the early releases of Slackware, the distribution had three user accounts, "satan", "gonzo" and "snake". These were provided as examples, but were removed from later releases as they were a potential security risk.

In 1999, Slackware's release numbers saw a large increment from 4 to 7. This was explained by Patrick Volkerding [2] as a marketing effort to show that Slackware was as up-to-date as other Linux distributions, many of which had release numbers of 6 at the time.

In 2004, Patrick Volkerding became seriously ill and the future development of Slackware became uncertain. He has since recovered and the development of Slackware has continued.

In 2005, the GNOME desktop environment was removed from the pending future release, and turned over to community support and distribution. The removal of GNOME was seen by some in the Linux community as significant because the desktop environment is found in many Linux distributions. In lieu of this, several community-based projects have filled the GNOME void in Slackware, by offering complete GNOME distributions for Slackware.

Throughout Slackware's history, there have been distributions and LiveCDs based upon Slackware. Some popular distributions derived from Slackware include SUSE, College Linux, SLAX, VectorLinux, Zenwalk and KateOS (Distribution and Live-CD).