- Softlanding Linux System
Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was an early
Linux distribution , founded by Peter MacDonald in mid-1992.SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive
Linux distribution containing more than theLinux kernel and basic utilities, includingTCP/IP and theX Window System . [ 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 ]History
SLS was the most popular Linux distribution at the time, but it was considered to be rather buggy by its users. It was soon superseded by
Slackware (which started as a cleanup of SLS byPatrick Volkerding ) andYggdrasil Linux , among others.Similarly
Ian Murdock 's frustration with SLS led him to create theDebian project. [ cite web | first = Ian A | last = Murdock | title = NNTP Subject: New release under development; suggestions requested | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development/msg/a32d4e2ef3bcdcc6 | date =16 August 1993 | accessdate = 2007-08-17 ]References
External links
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/distributions/sls/ SLS versions] at
ibiblio
* [http://www.digiampietro.com/content/i_and_linux/my_first_linux_cd_rom.html SLS 1.02 CD-ROM picture]
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