Zenwalk 5.0: Slackware Made Somewhat Easier | Linux Today

Zenwalk 5.0: Slackware Made Somewhat Easier

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 23, 2008

“I tried Zenwalk back at v3.0 and liked it. It was a fast,
sleek, minimalist OS based on Slackware, but supposedly only aimed
at more technically advanced users. With the release of v5.0, I
decided to try it again and see how far it’s come in the past year
or so.

“For those who aren’t familiar with Zenwalk, here’s a brief
update: Zenwalk is a one-CD installation of Slackware which has a
philosophy of only including one program for each task. It was
originally called MiniSlack in the pre-1.0 days when it shipped
with WindowMaker as the desktop…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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