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Slackware Linux Last modified: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking UNIX-like system. It is currently based around the 2.4 Linux kernel series and the GNU C Library version 2.3.4 (libc6). It contains an easy to use installation program, extensive online documentation, and a menu-driven package system. A full installation gives you the X Window System, C/C++ development environments, Perl, networking utilities, a mail server, a news server, a web server, an ftp server, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, Netscape Communicator, plus many more programs. Slackware Linux can run on 486 systems all the way up to the latest x86 machines. *[Source: The Slackware Linux Project]
Linux Packages This site is dedicated to the the enrichment and enhancement of the Slackware Linux operating system. The Slackware Linux Project The official Web site for The Slackware Linux Project.	Related Categories Operating Systems OSRC Operating Systems Related Terms 32-bit GNU kernel Linux open source UNIX