Slackware 15.0

IN BRIEF

Slackware was created by Patrick Volkerding and had its first release almost three decades back, in 1993. This makes the distro one of the two oldest Linux distros that are still actively maintained, with the other being Debian. They say, “If you want to learn Debian, use Debian. If you want to learn Fedora, use Fedora. But if you want to learn Linux, use Slackware.” This still holds true.

One of the unique aspects that differentiates Slackware from the other distros is its glacial pace. Even as the distro is actively developed behind the scenes, it doesn’t put out releases as often as some of the current crop.

So while most modern distros, such as Ubuntu and Fedora, release every six months or so, Slackware follows the “release when