Editing Slackware (section)

==Distribution==
Slackware 14.2<ref>{{cite web |url=http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store/ |title=Slackware Linux |website=store.slackware.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314103755/http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store/ |archive-date=14 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> CD sets, single DVDs, and merchandise were available from the third-party-controlled Slackware store,<ref name="smh-2002-10-04">{{cite news |title=The Linux distribution that's always in the black |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-linux-distribution-thats-always-in-the-black-20021004-gdfp05.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=4 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124010150/https://www.smh.com.au/technology/the-linux-distribution-thats-always-in-the-black-20021004-gdfp05.html |archive-date=2018-11-24 |language=en |quote=Slackware started in early 1993, but it wasn't until the middle of 1994 that I was contacted by Michael Johnston of Morse Telecommunications and asked if I was interested in having them publish Slackware commercially...Since then, Slackware has always made enough money through publishing arrangements to be my full time job. I didn't stay with Morse long because they were only giving me $US1 per copy sold. When the initial six-month agreement expired, I moved on to Walnut Creek CDROM since they were better established and were willing to give Slackware a fair share of the profits. Their founder, Robert Bruce, is my current partner in Slackware Linux, Inc.}}</ref> but due to underpayment, [[Patrick Volkerding]], "told them to take it down or I'd suspend the DNS for the store".<ref>{{cite web |title=[SOLVED] Donating to Slackware |url=https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/#post5882751 |website=LinuxQuestions.org |access-date=20 July 2021  |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407050827/https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/#post5882751 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=jake |title=Financial woes for Slackware's Patrick Volkerding |url=https://lwn.net/Articles/761004/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=[[LWN.net]] |quote=Patrick Volkerding, who is the founder and benevolent dictator for life of the Slackware Linux distribution, posted a note at LinuxQuestions.org detailing some financial problems. It appears they mostly stem from a deal that he made with the Slackware Store that has gone badly awry....Note that there is at least one person out there soliciting Bitcoin who is not affiliated with Volkerding, in what looks like a scam of some sort; it is particularly sad because that is similar to what he alleges has happened with Slackware Store as well.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Varghese |first1=Sam |title=Slackware creator in strife, claims store has not paid him |url=https://www.itwire.com/open-source/83757-slackware-creator-in-strife,-claims-store-has-not-paid-him.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=iTWire |date=25 July 2018 |language=en-gb |quote=Volkerding said he had discovered how bad things were in 2017 when he managed to get some numbers out of the people running the store.  "I thought the sales were just that bad, and was really rather depressed about it. Another side note – the ownership of the 60% portion of the store changed hands behind my back. Nobody thought they needed to tell me about this. At that point I'd say things got considerably worse for me."  The commercialisation of Slackware was initially undertaken with Michael Johnston of Morse Telecommunications in 1994. After that, Volkerding moved to a venture with the founder of Walnut Creek CDROM, Robert Bruce.  Later, Volkerding teamed up with Bruce to set up a Slackware company.  iTWire has written to the Slackware store, seeking comment on Volkerding's claims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baader |first1=Hans-Joachim |title=Patrick Volkerding in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten |url=https://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/26132/patrick-volkerding-in-finanziellen-schwierigkeiten.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Pro-Linux |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Schürmann |first1=Tim |title=Geldnöte: Slackware-Erfinder Patrick Volkerding um Einnahmen betrogen |url=https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/geldnoete-slackware-erfinder-patrick-volkerding-um-einnahmen-betrogen/ |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=Linux-Magazin |date=27 July 2018 |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Slackware's finances |url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=6489 |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=[[DistroWatch]] |date=2018-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Slackware seeks support through Patreon |url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=8743 |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=[[DistroWatch]] |date=2019-08-14}}</ref>

Slackware [[ISO image]]s (2.6 GB)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-iso/slackware64-14.2-iso/|title=Index of /Slackware/Slackware-iso/Slackware64-14.2-iso}}</ref> for installation can be downloaded for free at the Slackware website via [[BitTorrent]], FTP mirrors, and HTTP mirrors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-iso/|title=Index of /Slackware/Slackware-iso}}</ref>

Slackware port for IBM S/390 ([[End-of-life (product)|EOL]]: 2009))<ref>{{cite web |url=http://slack390.org/ |title=The Slack/390 Linux Project |website=slack390.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809155146/http://slack390.org/ |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> can be downloaded, and installs from a DOS Partition or from floppy disk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/slack390/slack390-10.0/FAQ.TXT|title=Search results for "slack390"|website=Distro.ibiblio.org|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=June 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601123509/http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/slack390/slack390-10.0/FAQ.TXT|url-status=live}}</ref>

Slackware port for ARM<ref>
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 | url          = https://arm.slackware.com/
 | title        = Slackware ARM / AArch64 Linux Project
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 | date         = 2022-08-24
 | website      = arm.slackware.com
 | publisher    = The Slackware project
 | access-date  = 2022-09-14
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 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220914134159/https://arm.slackware.com/
 | archive-date = 2022-09-14
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architecture can be downloaded,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arm.slackware.com/getslack|title=Slackware ARM: Get Slack|author=Stuart Winter|website=Arm.slackware.com|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527040947/http://arm.slackware.com/getslack/|url-status=live}}</ref> and installed via a network, using [[Das U-Boot]] and a [[TFTP]] boot server<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arm.slackware.com/installation/|title=Slackware Arm: Installation|website=Arm.slackware.com|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=April 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429073221/http://arm.slackware.com/installation/|url-status=live}}</ref> or from a mini-root filesystem.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/minirootfs/README.txt |title=README.txt file for mini-root filesystem, Slackware ARM |access-date=May 19, 2013 |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405033240/http://ftp.arm.slackware.com/slackwarearm/slackwarearm-devtools/minirootfs/README.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Slackware ARM can also be installed on a PC running [[QEMU]]<ref>.



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 | title        = Qemu Support in Slackware ARM
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 | website      = slackware.com
 | publisher    = The Slackware project
 | access-date  = 2022-09-14
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 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220618030106/https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:hardware:arm:qemu_support_in_slackware_arm
 | archive-date = 2022-06-18
 | quote        = Welcome to the Slackware Documentation Project
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using the same technique.<ref>


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 | url          = https://docs.slackware.com/slackwarearm:inst
 | title        = Slackware ARM & AArch64 Installation Documentation
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 | website      = slackware.com
 | publisher    = The Slackware project
 | access-date  = 2022-09-14
 | url-status   = live
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 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220605135056/https://docs.slackware.com/slackwarearm:inst
 | archive-date = 2022-06-05
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Slackware AArch64 (ARM64) is installed directly from SD card images in a similar fashion to installing Slackware x86 off a DVD.  It's also available as a generic bootable EFI ISO.

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