<s>
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
based	O
on	O
Softlanding	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
has	O
been	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
many	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
most	O
notably	O
the	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
oldest	O
distribution	O
that	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
aims	O
for	O
design	O
stability	O
and	O
simplicity	B-Operating_System
and	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
"	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
"	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
makes	O
as	O
few	O
modifications	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
software	O
packages	O
from	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
and	O
tries	O
not	O
to	O
anticipate	O
use	O
cases	O
or	O
preclude	O
user	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
most	O
modern	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
provides	O
no	O
graphical	O
installation	O
procedure	O
and	O
no	O
automatic	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
of	O
software	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
and	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
for	O
configuration	O
and	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
further	O
modification	O
it	O
boots	O
into	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
many	O
conservative	O
and	O
simplistic	O
features	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
often	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
most	O
suitable	O
for	O
advanced	O
and	O
technically	O
inclined	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
IA-32	B-Device
and	O
x86_64	B-Device
architectures	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
formal	O
bug	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
facility	O
or	O
public	O
code	O
repository	O
,	O
with	O
releases	O
periodically	O
announced	O
by	O
Volkerding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Slackware	B-Application
"	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
distribution	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
side	O
project	O
with	O
no	O
intended	O
commitment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
prevent	O
it	O
from	O
being	O
taken	O
too	O
seriously	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
humorous	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
stuck	O
even	O
after	O
Slackware	B-Application
became	O
a	O
serious	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
refers	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
pursuit	O
of	O
Slack	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
tenet	O
of	O
the	O
Church	O
of	O
the	O
SubGenius	O
,	O
a	O
parody	O
religion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
graphics	O
reflect	O
this	O
—	O
the	O
pipe	O
that	O
Tux	B-Application
is	O
smoking	O
,	O
as	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
image	O
of	O
J	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
"	O
Bob	O
"	O
Dobbs	O
 '	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recent	O
versions	O
,	O
including	O
Slackware	B-Application
release	O
14.1	O
,	O
the	O
text	O
is	O
ROT13	B-Algorithm
obfuscated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Softlanding	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
(	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
and	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
software	O
collection	O
that	O
comprised	O
more	O
than	O
just	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
basic	O
utilities	O
,	O
including	O
X11	B-Operating_System
graphical	O
interface	O
,	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
and	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
networking	O
and	O
GNU	B-Application
Emacs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
started	O
with	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
after	O
needing	O
a	O
LISP	B-Language
interpreter	O
for	O
a	O
school	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
then	O
named	O
Moorhead	O
State	O
University	O
(	O
MSU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
CLISP	B-Application
was	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
downloaded	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
to	O
run	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
weeks	O
later	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
was	O
asked	O
by	O
his	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
professor	O
at	O
MSU	O
to	O
show	O
him	O
how	O
to	O
install	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
at	O
home	O
and	O
on	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
computers	O
at	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
had	O
made	O
notes	O
describing	O
fixes	O
to	O
issues	O
he	O
found	O
after	O
installing	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
and	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
professor	O
went	O
through	O
and	O
applied	O
those	O
changes	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
took	O
almost	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
took	O
to	O
just	O
install	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
,	O
so	O
the	O
professor	O
asked	O
if	O
the	O
install	O
disks	O
could	O
be	O
adjusted	O
so	O
the	O
fixes	O
could	O
be	O
applied	O
during	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
continued	O
making	O
improvements	O
to	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
:	O
fixing	O
bugs	O
,	O
upgrading	O
software	O
,	O
automatic	O
installation	O
of	O
shared	O
libraries	O
and	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
image	O
,	O
fixing	O
file	O
permissions	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
had	O
upgraded	O
around	O
half	O
the	O
packages	O
beyond	O
what	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
had	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
had	O
no	O
intentions	O
to	O
provide	O
his	O
modified	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
version	O
for	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
friends	O
at	O
MSU	O
urged	O
him	O
to	O
put	O
his	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
modifications	O
onto	O
an	O
FTP	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
but	O
Volkerding	O
assumed	O
that	O
"	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
putting	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
that	O
included	O
these	O
things	O
soon	O
enough	O
"	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
held	O
off	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
many	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
users	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
were	O
asking	O
SLS	B-Operating_System
for	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
,	O
so	O
eventually	O
Volkerding	O
made	O
a	O
post	O
titled	O
"	O
Anyone	O
want	O
an	O
SLS-like	O
0.99pl11A	O
system	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
discussion	O
with	O
the	O
local	O
sysadmin	O
at	O
MSU	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
obtained	O
permission	O
to	O
upload	O
Slackware	B-Application
to	O
the	O
university	O
's	O
FTP	B-Protocol
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
first	O
Slackware	B-Application
release	O
,	O
version	O
1.00	O
,	O
was	O
distributed	O
on	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
at	O
00:16:36	O
(	O
UTC	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
supplied	O
as	O
twenty-four	O
3½	O
"	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
watched	O
as	O
the	O
flood	O
of	O
FTP	B-Protocol
connections	O
continually	O
crashed	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
afterwards	O
,	O
Walnut	O
Creek	O
CDROM	O
offered	O
additional	O
archive	O
space	O
on	O
their	O
FTP	B-Protocol
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
size	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
quickly	O
increased	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
included	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
version	O
2.1	O
,	O
released	O
October	O
1994	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
more	O
than	O
tripled	O
to	O
comprise	O
seventy-three	O
1.44M	B-Device
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
saw	O
its	O
version	O
jump	O
from	O
4	O
to	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
version	O
numbers	O
were	O
lagging	O
behind	O
other	O
distributions	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
led	O
many	O
users	O
to	O
believe	O
it	O
was	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
bundled	O
software	O
versions	O
were	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
made	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
bump	O
the	O
version	O
as	O
a	O
marketing	O
effort	O
to	O
show	O
that	O
Slackware	B-Application
was	O
as	O
up-to-date	O
as	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
had	O
release	O
numbers	O
of	O
6	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
added	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
packages	O
into	O
the	O
testing/	O
directory	O
of	O
-current	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
XFree86	B-Device
packages	O
currently	O
being	O
used	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
request	O
for	O
comments	O
on	O
what	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
should	O
be	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
he	O
switched	O
from	O
XFree86	B-Device
to	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
after	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
opinions	O
were	O
more	O
than	O
4	O
to	O
1	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
X.org	O
release	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
version	O
of	O
X	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
the	O
decision	O
was	O
primarily	O
a	O
technical	O
one	O
,	O
as	O
XFree86	B-Device
was	O
proving	O
to	O
cause	O
compatibility	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
10.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
with	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
announced	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
in	O
the	O
development	O
ChangeLog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
this	O
had	O
been	O
under	O
consideration	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
years	O
and	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
already	O
projects	O
that	O
provided	O
a	O
more	O
complete	O
version	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
than	O
what	O
Slackware	B-Application
itself	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
stated	O
future	O
GNOME	B-Application
support	O
would	O
rely	O
on	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
responded	O
and	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2016	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
active	O
GNOME	B-Application
projects	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
Dlackware	O
,	O
Dropline	B-Language
GNOME	I-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SlackMATE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
removal	O
was	O
deemed	O
significant	O
by	O
some	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
community	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
prevalence	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
in	O
many	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
announced	O
the	O
public	O
(	O
development	O
)	O
release	O
of	O
an	O
official	O
x86_64	B-Device
variant	O
,	O
called	O
Slackware64	O
,	O
maintained	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
the	O
IA-32	B-Device
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eric	O
Hameleers	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
Slackware	B-Application
team	O
members	O
,	O
maintains	O
a	O
multilib	O
repository	O
that	O
contains	O
the	O
necessary	O
packages	O
to	O
convert	O
Slackware64	O
to	O
multilib	O
to	O
enable	O
running	O
of	O
32-bit	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
minimize	O
the	O
extra	O
effort	O
of	O
maintaining	O
both	O
versions	O
in	O
parallel	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
build	O
scripts	O
,	O
called	O
SlackBuilds	O
,	O
were	O
slowly	O
transitioned	O
to	O
supporting	O
either	O
architecture	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
one	O
set	O
of	O
sources	O
for	O
both	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
the	O
November	O
2013	O
release	O
of	O
14.1	O
and	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
saw	O
a	O
31-month	O
gap	O
between	O
releases	O
,	O
marking	O
the	O
longest	O
span	O
in	O
release	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
announced	O
the	O
reluctant	O
addition	O
of	O
PulseAudio	B-Library
,	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
BlueZ	O
dropping	O
direct	O
ALSA	B-Application
support	O
in	O
v5.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
while	O
various	O
other	O
projects	O
were	O
in	O
turn	O
dropping	O
support	O
for	O
BlueZ	O
v4.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Knowing	O
some	O
users	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
happy	O
with	O
the	O
change	O
,	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Bug	B-Application
reports	I-Application
,	O
complaints	O
,	O
and	O
threats	O
can	O
go	O
to	O
me.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
changes	O
culminated	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
14.2	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
philosophy	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
oriented	O
toward	O
simplicity	B-Operating_System
,	O
software	O
purity	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
core	O
design	O
that	O
emphasizes	O
lack	O
of	O
change	O
to	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
design	O
choices	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
can	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
heritage	O
of	O
the	O
simplicity	B-Operating_System
of	O
traditional	O
Unix	O
systems	O
and	O
as	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
KISS	O
principle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
context	O
,	O
"	O
simple	O
"	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
simplicity	B-Operating_System
in	O
system	O
design	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
system	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
may	O
vary	O
between	O
users	O
:	O
those	O
lacking	O
knowledge	O
of	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
and	O
classic	O
Unix	O
tools	O
may	O
experience	O
a	O
steep	O
learning	O
curve	O
using	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
whereas	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
Unix	O
background	O
may	O
benefit	O
from	O
a	O
less	O
abstract	O
system	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
keeping	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
design	O
philosophy	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
spirit	O
of	O
purity	O
,	O
most	O
software	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
original	O
configuration	O
mechanisms	O
supplied	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
authors	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
for	O
some	O
administrative	O
tasks	O
,	O
distribution-specific	O
configuration	O
tools	O
are	O
delivered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
formal	O
issue	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
no	O
official	O
procedure	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
code	O
contributor	O
or	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bug	B-Application
reports	I-Application
and	O
contributions	O
,	O
while	O
being	O
essential	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
are	O
managed	O
in	O
an	O
informal	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
final	O
decisions	O
about	O
what	O
is	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
Slackware	B-Application
release	O
strictly	O
remain	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
benevolent	O
dictator	O
for	O
life	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
Slackware	B-Application
announce	O
files	O
list	O
David	O
Cantrell	O
and	O
Logan	O
Johnson	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Slackware	B-Application
team	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lumens	O
,	O
Johnson	O
and	O
Cantrell	O
are	O
also	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
edition	O
of	O
"	O
Slackware	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
Essentials	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
guide	O
to	O
Slackware	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Slackware	B-Application
website	O
mentions	O
Chris	O
Lumens	O
and	O
David	O
Cantrell	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
Slackware	B-Application
Alumni	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
"	O
worked	O
full-time	O
on	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
project	O
for	O
several	O
years.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
release	O
notes	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
10.0	O
and	O
10.1	O
Volkerding	O
thanks	O
Eric	O
Hameleers	O
for	O
"	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
supporting	O
USB	O
,	O
PCI	O
,	O
and	O
Cardbus	O
wireless	O
cards	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
13.0	O
,	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
team	O
seems	O
to	O
have	O
core	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eric	O
Hameleers	O
gives	O
an	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
with	O
his	O
essay	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
History	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
Development	O
"	O
,	O
written	O
on	O
October	O
3	O
–	O
4	O
,	O
2009	O
(	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
13.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
package	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
collectively	O
known	O
as	O
pkgtools	O
,	O
can	O
administer	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
install	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
upgrade	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
remove	O
(	O
)	O
packages	O
from	O
local	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
tool	O
to	O
update	O
Slackware	B-Application
over	O
a	O
network	O
or	O
the	O
internet	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Piter	O
Punk	O
as	O
an	O
unofficial	O
way	O
to	O
keep	O
Slackware	B-Application
up-to-date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
officially	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
tree	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
12.2	O
,	O
having	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
since	O
Slackware	B-Application
9.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
packages	O
are	O
tarballs	B-Application
compressed	O
using	O
various	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
13.0	O
,	O
most	O
packages	O
are	O
compressed	O
using	O
xz	B-Language
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
LZMA	B-General_Concept
compression	O
algorithm	O
)	O
,	O
utilizing	O
the	O
filename	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
13.0	O
,	O
packages	O
were	O
compressed	O
using	O
gzip	B-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
DEFLATE	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
bzip2	B-Application
and	O
lzip	B-Application
compression	O
was	O
also	O
added	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
filename	O
extensions	O
and	O
respectively	O
,	O
although	O
these	O
are	O
not	O
commonly	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
package	O
tarball	B-Application
contains	O
the	O
full	O
directory	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
files	O
and	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
extracted	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
root	B-Application
directory	I-Application
during	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
additional	O
metadata	O
files	O
,	O
located	O
under	O
the	O
special	O
directory	O
within	O
the	O
tarball	B-Application
,	O
usually	O
include	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
specifically	O
formatted	O
text	O
file	O
that	O
is	O
read	O
by	O
the	O
package	O
manager	O
to	O
provide	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
description	O
of	O
the	O
packaged	O
software	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
post-unpacking	O
shell	B-Language
script	I-Language
allowing	O
creation	O
of	O
symbolic	O
links	O
,	O
preserving	O
permissions	O
on	O
startup	O
files	O
,	O
proper	O
handling	O
of	O
new	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
any	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
installation	O
that	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
implemented	O
via	O
the	O
package	O
's	O
directory	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Slackware	B-Application
installation	O
will	O
contain	O
a	O
and	O
directory	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
database	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
custom	O
installations	O
or	O
3rd-party	O
packages	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
relies	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
has	O
all	O
the	O
supporting	O
system	O
libraries	O
and	O
programs	O
required	O
by	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Slackware	B-Application
itself	O
does	O
not	O
incorporate	O
official	O
tools	O
to	O
resolve	O
dependencies	O
,	O
some	O
unofficial	O
,	O
community-supported	O
software	O
tools	O
do	O
provide	O
this	O
function	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
APT	B-Application
does	O
for	O
Debian-based	O
distributions	O
and	O
yum	B-Application
does	O
for	O
Red	O
Hat-based	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slapt-get	B-Application
is	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
utility	O
that	O
functions	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
APT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
slapt-get	B-Application
does	O
provide	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
for	O
packages	O
included	O
within	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
several	O
community	O
package	O
sources	O
and	O
Slackware	B-Application
based	O
distributions	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
this	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gslapt	O
is	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
to	O
slapt-get	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swaret	B-Application
is	O
a	O
package	O
management	O
tool	O
featuring	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
included	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
version	O
9.1	O
as	O
an	O
optional	O
package	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
contain	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
distribution	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
10.0	O
and	O
turned	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetBSD	B-Device
's	O
pkgsrc	B-Application
provides	O
support	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
among	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
pkgsrc	B-Application
provides	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
for	O
both	O
binary	O
and	O
source	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
official	O
repositories	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
official	O
packages	O
Slackware	B-Application
provides	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
installation	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
third-party	O
repositories	O
for	O
Slackware	B-Application
;	O
some	O
are	O
standalone	O
repositories	O
and	O
others	O
are	O
for	O
distributions	O
that	O
are	O
Slackware-based	O
but	O
retain	O
package	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
can	O
be	O
searched	O
at	O
once	O
using	O
pkgs.org,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
package	O
search	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
mixing	O
and	O
matching	O
dependencies	O
from	O
multiple	O
repositories	O
can	O
lead	O
to	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
packages	O
that	O
require	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
dependency	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
dependency	B-Protocol
hell	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
itself	O
wo	O
n't	O
provide	O
any	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
for	O
these	O
packages	O
,	O
however	O
some	O
projects	O
will	O
provide	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
dependencies	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
included	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
with	O
the	O
files	O
for	O
the	O
package	O
,	O
commonly	O
with	O
a	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SlackBuilds	O
are	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
that	O
will	O
create	O
an	O
installable	O
Slackware	B-Application
package	O
from	O
a	O
provided	O
software	O
tarball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
SlackBuilds	O
are	O
scripts	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
n't	O
limited	O
to	O
just	O
compiling	O
a	O
program	O
's	O
source	O
;	O
they	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
repackage	O
pre-compiled	O
binaries	O
provided	O
by	O
projects	O
or	O
other	O
distributions	O
 '	O
repositories	O
into	O
proper	O
Slackware	B-Application
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
to	O
manual	O
compilation	O
and	O
installation	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
SlackBuilds	O
provide	O
cleaner	O
integration	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
by	O
utilizing	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
package	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
SlackBuilds	O
will	O
come	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
file	O
with	O
metadata	O
that	O
allows	O
automated	O
tools	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
source	O
,	O
verify	O
the	O
source	O
is	O
not	O
corrupt	O
,	O
and	O
calculate	O
additional	O
dependencies	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
repositories	O
will	O
include	O
both	O
SlackBuilds	O
and	O
the	O
resulting	O
Slackware	B-Application
packages	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
either	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
or	O
install	O
a	O
pre-built	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
community-supported	O
project	O
offering	O
SlackBuilds	O
for	O
building	O
software	O
not	O
included	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
then	O
responsible	O
for	O
providing	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
SlackBuild	O
,	O
either	O
to	O
fix	O
issues	O
or	O
to	O
build	O
newer	O
versions	O
provided	O
by	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
all	O
programs	O
can	O
be	O
compiled	O
and	O
used	O
,	O
any	O
required	O
dependencies	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
not	O
included	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
are	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
documented	O
and	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
administrators	O
intend	O
for	O
the	O
build	O
process	O
to	O
be	O
nearly	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
official	O
packages	O
are	O
built	O
,	O
mainly	O
to	O
ensure	O
Volkerding	O
was	O
"	O
sympathetic	O
of	O
our	O
cause	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
SlackBuilds	O
that	O
Volkerding	O
deems	O
worthy	O
to	O
be	O
pulled	O
into	O
regular	O
Slackware	B-Application
with	O
minimal	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
Slackware	B-Application
team	O
members	O
,	O
Eric	O
Hameleers	O
and	O
Robby	O
Workman	O
each	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
repository	O
of	O
pre-compiled	O
packages	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
SlackBuilds	O
and	O
source	O
files	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
packages	O
are	O
just	O
additional	O
software	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
Slackware	B-Application
that	O
they	O
felt	O
was	O
worth	O
their	O
time	O
to	O
maintain	O
,	O
some	O
packages	O
are	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
testbed	O
for	O
future	O
upgrades	O
to	O
Slackware	B-Application
,	O
most	O
notably	O
,	O
Hameleers	O
provides	O
"	O
Ktown	O
"	O
packages	O
for	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
maintains	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
"	O
multilib	O
"	O
repository	O
,	O
enabling	O
Slackware64	O
to	O
run	O
and	O
compile	O
32-bit	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
release	O
policy	O
follows	O
a	O
feature	O
and	O
stability	O
based	O
release	O
cycle	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
time-bound	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
)	O
or	O
rolling	O
release	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
)	O
schemes	O
of	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
history	O
,	O
they	O
generally	O
tried	O
to	O
deliver	O
up-to-date	O
software	O
on	O
at	O
least	O
an	O
annual	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
inception	O
until	O
2014	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
had	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
release	O
per	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
14.1	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
new	O
releases	O
have	O
slowed	O
down	O
drastically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
15.0	O
,	O
Volkerding	O
stated	O
that	O
Slackware	B-Application
15.1	O
will	O
hopefully	O
have	O
a	O
far	O
shorter	O
development	O
cycle	O
since	O
the	O
"	O
tricky	O
parts	O
"	O
were	O
resolved	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
15.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
latest	O
32-bit	B-Device
x86	I-Device
and	O
64-bit	O
x86_64	B-Device
stable	O
releases	O
are	O
at	O
version	O
15.0	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2022	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
5.15.19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volkerding	O
also	O
maintains	O
a	O
testing/developmental	O
version	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
called	O
"	O
-current	O
"	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
bleeding	B-Application
edge	I-Application
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
will	O
eventually	O
become	O
the	O
next	O
stable	O
release	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
Volkerding	O
will	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
-current	O
to	O
start	O
developing	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
release	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Release	O
History	O
Version	O
Release	O
date	O
End-of-life	O
date	O
Kernel	B-Operating_System
version	O
Notable	O
changes	O
1993-07-17	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
0.99.11	O
Alpha	B-Device
1993-11-05	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
0.99.13	O
1994-03-19	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.0.8	O
1994-07-02	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.0.9	O
1994-10-31	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.1.59	O
1995-03-30	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.2.1	O
1995-05-24	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.2.8	O
1995-11-30	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
1.2.13	O
Transitioned	O
from	O
a.out	O
to	O
Executable	O
and	O
Linkable	O
Format	O
(	O
ELF	O
)	O
;	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
be	O
offered	O
on	O
CD-ROM	O
1996-06-03	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.0	O
Named	O
"	O
Slackware	B-Application
96	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
1997-02-17	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.29	O
1997-06-11	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.30	O
1997-10-14	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.30	O
Introduced	O
ZipSlack	O
1998-06-09	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.34	O
1998-10-28	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.35	O
1999-05-10	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.0.37pre10	O
1999-05-17	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.2.6	O
First	O
release	O
to	O
require	O
1GB	O
of	O
space	O
for	O
full	O
install	O
and	O
added	O
KDE	B-Application
1999-10-25	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.2.13	O
2000-06-22	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.2.16	O
Added	O
GNOME	B-Application
2001-07-01	O
No	O
EOL	O
specified	O
2.2.19	O
Added	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Browser	I-Language
and	O
optional	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
2.4	I-Operating_System
2002-06-18	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.18	O
Switched	O
package	O
naming	O
from	O
8.3	O
to	O
name-version-arch-build.tgz	O
and	O
evolved	O
hdsetup	O
to	O
pkgtools	O
2003-03-19	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.20(patched to 2.4.21 )	O
2003-09-26	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.22(patched to 2.4.26 )	O
Switched	O
from	O
OSS	B-Library
to	O
ALSA	B-Application
2004-06-23	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.26	O
Switched	O
from	O
XFree86	B-Device
to	O
X.org	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
2005-02-02	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.29	O
2005-09-14	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.31	O
Removed	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
2006-10-02	O
2012-08-01	O
2.4.33.3	O
First	O
release	O
offered	O
on	O
DVD	O
2007-07-01	O
2012-08-01	O
2.6.21.5	O
Switched	O
from	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
2.4	I-Operating_System
to	O
2.6	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
HAL	B-Operating_System
and	O
removed	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
installation	O
support	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
PXE	B-Device
)	O
2008-05-02	O
2013-12-09	O
2.6.24.5	O
2008-12-10	O
2013-12-09	O
2.6.27.7(patched to 2.6.27.31 )	O
2009-08-26	O
2018-07-05	O
2.6.29.6	O
Added	O
64-bit	O
version	O
,	O
switched	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
3.5	O
to	O
4.x	O
and	O
switched	O
from	O
gzip	B-Application
to	O
xz	B-Language
compressed	O
packages	O
2010-05-24	O
2018-07-05	O
2.6.33.4	O
Added	O
PolicyKit	B-Language
and	O
ConsoleKit	O
and	O
switched	O
to	O
the	O
libata	B-Application
subsystem	O
2011-04-27	O
2018-07-05	O
2.6.37.6	O
Added	O
support	O
for	O
GPT	B-Application
and	O
utilities	O
for	O
the	O
Btrfs	B-Operating_System
filesystem	O
2012-09-28	O
No	O
EOL	O
announced	O
3.2.29(patched to 3.2.98 )	O
Added	O
NetworkManager	B-Protocol
and	O
removed	O
HAL	B-Operating_System
as	O
its	O
functionality	O
was	O
merged	O
into	O
udev	B-Application
2013-11-04	O
No	O
EOL	O
announced	O
3.10.17(patched to 3.10.107 )	O
Added	O
support	O
for	O
UEFI	B-Architecture
hardware	O
and	O
switched	O
from	O
MySQL	B-Application
to	O
MariaDB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
has	O
no	O
officially	O
stated	O
support	O
term	O
policy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
no	O
announcements	O
from	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
team	O
on	O
when	O
any	O
versions	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
from	O
14.0	O
and	O
up	O
will	O
be	O
EOL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
concentrated	O
solely	O
on	O
the	O
IA-32	B-Device
architecture	O
and	O
releases	O
were	O
available	O
as	O
32-bit	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Slackware	B-Application
13.0	O
,	O
a	O
64-bit	O
x86_64	B-Device
variant	O
is	O
available	O
and	O
officially	O
supported	O
in	O
symmetrical	O
development	O
with	O
the	O
32-bit	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
S/390	I-Device
architecture	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Slack/390	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
under	O
Slackware	B-Application
ARM	I-Application
(	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
ARMedslack	B-Application
 '	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
S/390	B-Device
port	O
is	O
still	O
at	O
version	O
10.0	O
for	O
the	O
stable	O
version	O
and	O
11.0	O
for	O
the	O
testing/developmental	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
had	O
no	O
updates	O
since	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
ARM	I-Application
announced	O
14.1	O
will	O
be	O
EOL	O
on	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
-current	O
will	O
cease	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
14.2	O
,	O
however	O
support	O
for	O
14.2	O
will	O
be	O
maintained	O
for	O
the	O
foreseeable	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
ARM	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
build	O
tools	O
had	O
been	O
enhanced	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
manual	O
effort	O
involved	O
in	O
maintaining	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
port	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
proceeded	O
to	O
announce	O
that	O
a	O
32-bit	O
hardware	O
floating	O
port	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28th	O
December	O
2020	O
work	O
began	O
on	O
porting	O
Slackware	B-Application
to	O
the	O
64-bit	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
known	O
as	O
'	O
AArch64	B-Architecture
 '	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
initial	O
Hardware	O
Model	O
targets	O
being	O
the	O
PINE64	O
's	O
RockPro64	O
and	O
Pinebook	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
functionally	O
complete	O
by	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
many	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
design	O
and	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
port	I-Architecture
-	O
particularly	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
the	O
management	O
and	O
enablement	O
of	O
new	O
Hardware	O
Models	O
by	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
ARM	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Mar	O
29th	O
2022	O
Slackware	B-Application
AArch64	B-Architecture
was	O
publicly	O
relesased	O
in	O
-current	O
(	O
development	O
)	O
form	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
RockPro64	O
,	O
Pinebook	O
Pro	O
and	O
Raspberry	O
Pi	O
3	O
&	O
4	O
,	O
with	O
online	O
installation	O
documentation	O
and	O
video	O
installation	O
guides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
the	O
unofficial	O
slarm64	O
project	O
has	O
a	O
port	O
for	O
AArch64	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
an	O
additional	O
port	O
for	O
riscv64	B-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
official	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
32bit	O
port	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
ceased	O
,	O
with	O
future	O
development	O
concentrated	O
solely	O
on	O
the	O
AArch64/ARM64	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
because	O
the	O
32bit	O
hardware	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
keep	O
pace	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
and	O
was	O
inhibiting	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
became	O
a	O
blocker	O
to	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
since	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
mainstream	O
distributions	O
ceased	O
support	O
for	O
32bit	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
failed	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
supportable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
however	O
the	O
unofficial	O
Slackware	B-Application
port	O
BonSlack	O
that	O
provide	O
both	O
soft	O
(	O
ARMv5	O
)	O
and	O
hard	O
float	O
(	O
ARMv7	O
)	O
ports	O
for	O
32bit	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
with	O
development	O
and	O
updates	O
(	O
from	O
14.2	O
)	O
aligned	O
with	O
x86	O
port	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
also	O
provides	O
ports	O
for	O
Aarch64	B-Architecture
(	O
ARM64	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
Alpha	B-Device
,	O
HPPA	B-Device
(	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
1.1	O
)	O
,	O
LoongArch	O
(	O
64	O
bit	O
)	O
,	O
MIPS	O
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
,	O
OpenRISC	B-Device
,	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
,	O
RISC-V	B-Device
(	O
64bit	O
)	O
,	O
S/390x	B-Device
,	O
SH-4	O
,	O
and	O
UltraSPARC	B-Architecture
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Dec	O
21	O
2022	O
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
ARM	I-Application
14.2	O
had	O
its	O
EOL	O
(	O
End	O
of	O
Life	O
)	O
declared	O
as	O
1st	O
March	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackintosh	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Slackware	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
New	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
PowerPC	B-Architecture
architecture	O
,	O
used	O
by	O
Apple	O
's	O
Power	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
PowerBook	B-Device
,	O
iMac	B-Device
,	O
iBook	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Xserve	B-Device
lines	O
from	O
1994	O
until	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackintosh	O
's	O
website	O
is	O
still	O
active	O
and	O
version	O
12.1	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
older	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
14.2	O
CD	O
sets	O
,	O
single	O
DVDs	O
,	O
and	O
merchandise	O
were	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
third-party-controlled	O
Slackware	B-Application
store	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
underpayment	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Volkerding	O
,	O
"	O
told	O
them	O
to	O
take	O
it	O
down	O
or	O
I	O
'd	O
suspend	O
the	O
DNS	O
for	O
the	O
store	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
(	O
2.6	O
GB	O
)	O
for	O
installation	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
for	O
free	O
at	O
the	O
Slackware	B-Application
website	O
via	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
mirrors	O
,	O
and	O
HTTP	O
mirrors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slackware	B-Application
port	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
S/390	I-Device
(	O
EOL	O
:	O
2009	O
)	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
,	O
and	O
installs	O
from	O
a	O
DOS	O
Partition	O
or	O
from	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
architecture	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
,	O
and	O
installed	O
via	O
a	O
network	O
,	O
using	O
Das	B-Language
U-Boot	I-Language
and	O
a	O
TFTP	B-Device
boot	O
server	O
or	O
from	O
a	O
mini-root	O
filesystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
DistroWatch	O
ranks	O
Slackware	B-Application
at	O
29th	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interest	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
peaked	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
Slackware	B-Application
's	O
rank	O
reached	O
7th	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
Slackware	B-Application
has	O
no	O
official	O
system	O
for	O
tracking	O
total	O
unique	O
installs	O
or	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
