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Sunday, 23 July 2023 06:22
Slackware turns 30, founder says his 'crazy idea' has borne fruit
Slackware, the second GNU/Linux distribution to be released to the public, is turning 30, with its founder Patrick Volkerding saying he was likely to release a beta of version 15.1 soon.
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Friday, 28 August 2020 10:48
Twenty years with Debian on the desktop – and no regrets
Two decades ago, I took on a task that had been about two years in the planning: changing operating systems from Windows to Linux.
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018 07:47
Slackware creator in strife, claims store has not paid him
The creator of the second oldest Linux distribution, Patrick Volkerding, claims he is in financial strife after the store, with which he reached an agreement to sell his work, stopped paying him two years ago.
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Monday, 07 May 2012 03:20
Slackware is alive and kicking: Volkerding
An uninformed comment on a Linux community blog has led to questions over the stability and finances of the Slackware GNU/Linux project, but its founder assures iTWire that the project is alive and kicking.
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