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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was onean of the firstearly [[Linux distributionsdistribution]], andfounded by the[[Peter McDonald]] in mid-[[1992]]. firstIt "massive"was andthe first "comprehensive" [[Linux]] distribution, to containcontaining notmore justthan the [[Linux Kernel]] and basic utilities, but some of thealso early [[GNU]]/Linux portsfeatures such as the [[X Window System]] and [[TCP/IP]]. It was founded by [[Peter McDonald]] in mid-[[1992]].

SLS was probably the most popular Linux distribution at the time, but was also viewed by the community as being buggy and poorly maintained. Two of the more well-known critics of SLS were [[Ian Murdock]] and [[Patrick Volkerding]]. Murdock's frustration with SLS lead him to create the [[Debian]] project, while Volkerding decided to fix the problems with SLS and eventually renamed his work [[Slackware]].