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'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was an early [[Linux distribution]], founded by [[Peter MacDonald]] in mid-[[1992]]. It was the first to offer a bootstrap install disk from floppy, cdrom, network, etc. It was also the first comprehensive [[Linux]] distribution, containing more than the [[Linux Kernel]] and basic utilities, but also early [[GNU]]/Linux features such as the [[X Window System]] and [[TCP/IP]].

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]].