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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was an early [[Linux distribution]], founded by [[Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]] in mid-1992. It was the first to offer a comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution containing more than the [[Linux Kernel]] and basic utilities.

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 which was not well received by the user base ([[a.out (file format)|a.out]] to [[Executable and Linkable Format|ELF]]). During this time, [[Patrick Volkerding]] decided to modify SLS by tweaking and cleaning 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]]'s frustration with SLS led him to create the [[Debian]] project.

== Software ==

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* [[operating system kernel|kernel]] (version from 0.99.11 to 1.0)

* [[GNU Compiler Collection|gcc]] i [[g++]]

* [[gdb]]

* [[emacs]]

* [[kermit (protocol)|kermit]]

* [[sc (spreadsheet)|sc]]

* [[manual page]]

* [[groff (software)|groff]]

* [[elvis (text editor)|elvis]]

* [[elm (e-mail client)|elm]], [[mail (Unix)|mail]], [[uucp]]

* [[ZIP (file format)|zip]], [[zoo (file format)|zoo]], [[lh]] <!-- what "lh" is? -->

* [[X Window System]]

* [[programming library|programming libraries]]

* 75 dpi [[font]]s

* [[game]]s:

** [[spider (solitaire)|spider]]

** [[tetris]]

** [[xvier]]

** [[chess]]

** [[reversi|othello]]

** [[xeyes]]

==External links==

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* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/distributions/sls/ SLS versions] at [[ibiblio]]

* [http://www.digiampietro.com/content/i_and_linux/my_first_linux_cd_rom.html SLS 1.02 CD-ROM picture]

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