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Slackware is the oldest LinuxDistribution still around. The philosophy it follows is that the SysAdmin knows what they're doing and doesn't need handholding. It aims to be as close to [Unix] as possible while complying with the published Linux standards. That may result in some legwork when setting up a system, but the installation is just about unbreakable. Anyone with rudimentary [Linux] knowledge should be able to install [Slackware] without any trouble. |
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The [Package] format is as simple as it gets - plain old [TarBall]s of the files to install, plus an installation script. [Slackware] itself offers only rudimentary PackageManagementTool~s that mainly aid upgrading or uninstalling. However, a variety of third party PackageManagementTool~s that include dependency resolution now exist, several of which are endorsed by [Slackware]. |
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Installation of software not included in the current or latest version of the distribution often means compiling from source, though third party package repositories exist. You definitely want to have a look at [checkinstall | http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/], a thiry party utility which monitors <tt>make install</tt> (or any other installation process) and assembles the copied files into a [Package], making later removal sane and simple. |
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The current version of the distribution is 10.2. It comes on two CDs chock full of goodies. The second contains mainly [KDE], all the rest is on the first disc. |
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!! See Also |
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* [The Slackware Linux Project | http://www.slackware.com] |
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* [Slackware Linux Essentials – The Official Guide To Slackware Linux|http://www.slackware.com/book/] |
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* [Linuxpackages.net | http://linuxpackages.net] and [Slackware-Current.net | http://slackware-current.net/]: third-party [Slackware] package repositories |
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* [SWareT | http://swaret.sf.net/] and [slapt-get | http://software.jaos.org/#slapt-get]: third-party PackageManagementTool~s for [Slackware] |
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* [Whats so good about Slackware? | http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/18393] — ~LinuxQuestions thread with advocacy from users |
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* [Slackware Linux with pkgsrc Packages | http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/slackware/] |
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