Version 13.1 was released May 25 with Linux 2.6.33.4 and KDE 4.4.3. Slackware ships with other desktop options, such as Xfce 4.6.1, and lots of handy software. As expected, it comes with Web browsers, ...

First, the oldest Slackware CD I own is from sometime in the early '90's, and second, if you are serious about learning Linux, really learning how it works, how to install, configure, manage and ...

Back in 1991, a computer science student named Linus Torvalds announced on a newsgroup that he was creating a "hobby OS." That hobby was Linux, and today it's much more than a tinkerer's operating ...

Slackware was the first formalized Linux distro, released in 1993, just two years after Linus Torvalds posted the Linux kernel. It was overtaken and overshadowed by Red Hat, SuSe, and Ubuntu, but ...

Slackware, the second GNU/Linux distribution to be released to the public, is turning 30, with its founder Patrick Volkerding saying he was likely to release a beta of version 15.1 soon.

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.

So Slackware doesn't try to be the best pond for Linux toe-dipping; it strives to be a great all-round distro for those who know exactly what they want and don't want the distro getting in their way.

The Slackware Linux project has released version 9.0 of its Linux distribution, the first major release based on the gcc 3.2.2 compiler, according to a media release.

This version updates the Linux kernel to 2.6.27.7, and includes lots of new and updated drivers, support for PCMCIA/CardBus, USB, FireWire and ACPI, so it should work very well on laptops as well ...

Slackware Takes No. 2 In the desktop Linux realm, the results were more thought-provoking.