Slackware is a general-purpose GNU/Linux distribution that aims to be most “UNIX-like”, simple and stable. It strives to minimize the number of changes to upstream software releases. It is the oldest actively developed GNU/Linux distribution with development being led by creator Patrick Volkerding continuously since 1993.
| Release | Released | Security Support |
|---|---|---|
| Current |
29 years ago (27 Jul 1993)
|
Yes |
| 15.0 |
10 months ago (03 Feb 2022)
|
Yes |
| 14.2 |
6 years ago (01 Jul 2016)
|
Yes |
| 14.1 |
9 years ago (07 Nov 2013)
|
Yes |
| 14.0 |
10 years ago (28 Sep 2012)
|
Yes |
| 13.37 |
11 years ago (28 Apr 2011)
|
Ended
4 years and 5 months ago (05 Jul 2018)
|
| 13.1 |
12 years ago (24 May 2010)
|
Ended
4 years and 5 months ago (05 Jul 2018)
|
| 13.0 |
13 years ago (28 Aug 2009)
|
Ended
4 years and 5 months ago (05 Jul 2018)
|
| 12.2 |
14 years ago (11 Dec 2008)
|
Ended
9 years ago (09 Dec 2013)
|
| 12.1 |
14 years ago (02 May 2008)
|
Ended
9 years ago (09 Dec 2013)
|
| 12.0 |
15 years ago (02 Jul 2007)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 11.0 |
16 years ago (03 Oct 2006)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 10.2 |
17 years ago (15 Sep 2005)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 10.1 |
17 years ago (07 Feb 2005)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 10.0 |
18 years ago (23 Jun 2004)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 9.1 |
19 years ago (26 Sep 2003)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 9.0 |
19 years ago (18 Mar 2003)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 8.1 |
20 years ago (19 Jun 2002)
|
Ended
10 years ago (01 Aug 2012)
|
| 8.0 |
21 years ago (01 Jul 2001)
|
Ended
19 years ago (29 Mar 2003)
|
There are several releases of Slackware Linux supported concurrently. A stability based release cycle is used and therefore releases are not due on a fixed schedule. A new release is usually made once every few years.
Slackware’s -current development tree closely follows bleeding edge of upstream releases. The latest stable release gets bug and security fixes while previous non End-of-Life releases receive only security patches.
Slackware officially supports 32-bit non-PAE (i586-compatible), 32-bit PAE (i686-compatible) and 64-bit x86 processors. Unofficial builds are available for the arm and s/390 architectures.
Security Advisories are published here, and can be subscribed via the slackware-security mailing list.
More information is available on the Slackware Linux website.
cat /etc/os-release
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A JSON version of this page is available at /api/slackware.json. See the API Documentation for more.
This page was last updated on 21 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.