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Slackware

Summary

Slackware is a Linux distribution[1]. Slackware ranks in the top 5% of linux_distribution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Slackware's image is recorded as Slackware 15.0 screenshot.png[3].
  • Slackware's instance of is recorded as Linux distribution[4].
  • Slackware's instance of is recorded as operating system[5].
  • Slackware's based on is recorded as Softlanding Linux System[6].
  • Slackware's logo image is recorded as Slackware logo from the official Slackware site.svg[7].
  • Slackware's developer is recorded as Patrick Volkerding[8].
  • Slackware's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[9].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 1.00[10].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1[11].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[12].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1[13].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2[14].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3[15].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[16].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[17].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.2[18].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.3[19].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.4[20].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.5[21].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.6[22].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 3.9[23].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 4.0[24].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 7.0[25].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 7.1[26].
  • Slackware's software version identifier is recorded as 8.0[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Linux distribution[4] and operating system[5].

History and Context

+1993-07-16T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Slackware[28].

Why It Matters

Slackware ranks in the top 5% of linux_distribution entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (690 views/month).[2] Slackware has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Slackware is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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