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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was an early [[Linux distribution]], founded by [[Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]] in mid-1992. ItSLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution containing more than the [[Linux Kernelkernel]] and basic utilities, including [[TCP/IP]] and the [[X Window System]].<ref>{{ cite web | title = Early Linux History (2) - Re: distribution | first = Ruediger | last = Berlich | url = http://www.linux-knowledge-portal.org/en/content.php?&content/linuxology/rbhistory2.html | date = [[13-06-2001]] | accessdate = 2007-07-19 }}</ref>

== History ==

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]] 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.

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]] 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.

==External linksSee also ==

* [[List of Linux distributions]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

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