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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was an early [[Linux distribution]], founded by [[Peter MacDonald]] in mid-[[1992]]. It was the first to offer a bootstrap install disk from floppy, cdrom, network, etc. It was also the first comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution, containing more than the [[Linux Kernel]] and basic utilities, plus early [[GNU]]/Linux features such as the [[X Window System]] and [[TCP/IP]].

SLS was probably the most popular Linux distribution at the time, and dominated the market until the developers made a decision to change the executable format thatwhich was not well received by the user base (a.out to ELF). During this time, [[Patrick Volkerding]] decided to modify SLS by tweaking and cleaned it up. He called his finished work [[Slackware]]. With the unpopular direction SLS had taken, Slackware quickly replaced it and became the dominant distribution used by nearly everyone.

Similarly [[Ian Murdock]] frustration with SLS lead him to create the [[Debian]] project.