Softlanding Linux System: Difference between revisions

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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was an early [[Linux distribution]], founded by [[Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]] in mid-1992. SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution containing more than the [[Linux kernel]] 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 = [[2001]]-[[06-13]] | accessdate = 2007-07-19 }}</ref>.

== History ==

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SLS was 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.{{Fact|date=August 2007}}

Similarly [[Ian Murdock]]'s frustration with SLS led him to create <ref>{{ cite web | title = NNTP Subject: New release under development; suggestions requested | first = Ian A | last = Murdock | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development/msg/a32d4e2ef3bcdcc6?output=gplain | date = 1993-08-16 | accessdate = 2007-08-17 }}</ref> the [[Debian]] project.

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