Linux Top 3: Slackware Turns 21, Debian Squeezes and Linux 3.16 Nears

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jul 22, 2014

On July 17, 1993, Patrick Volkerding announced the released of Slackware Linux 1.0. It was the first real Linux distribution – a packaged compilation of the Linux kernel and utilities needed to make a full ‘Linux’ operating system.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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