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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was one of the first [[Linux distribution]]s. ItThe wasfirst foundedrelease was by [[Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]]<ref name="LinuxUser" /> in MayAugust 1992.<ref>[http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/11.04/gldt1104.svg GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline, version 11.4] by A. Lundqvist, D. Rodic</ref><ref>{{Bettercite sourcenewsgroup
|reason=The graphtitle doesn't actually show a date. The changelog suggest a different date|date=July 2014}}SLS: TheirFree sloganLinux at the time was "Gentle Touchdowns for DOS Bailouts".Distribution

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| date = 1992-08-12

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}}</ref> Their slogan at the time was "Gentle Touchdowns for DOS Bailouts".

SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution containing more than the [[Linux kernel]], [[GNU]], and other basic utilities, including an implementation of the [[X Window System]].<ref name="LinuxUser">{{cite journal |last=Berlich |first=Ruediger |title=ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... The early history of Linux, Part 2, Re: distribution |journal=LinuxUser |date=April 2001 |url=http://oldlinux.org/Linux.old/docs/lu9-All_you_need_to_know_about-The_early_history_of_Linux_part_2.pdf |accessdate=16 April 2013 |quote=This was followed shortly after by the Softlanding Linux System (SLS), founded by Peter McDonald, which was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP,...}}</ref>