Slackware 1.0 Released

ysg · 03-31-2011, 09:20 PM

Looks like distrowatch is having a little April Fools fun.

Quote:

Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 1.0, a Linux operating system for computers coming on 24 floppy disks and featuring Linux kernel 0.99pl10 with PS/2 mouse and normal hard drive support: "The Slackware Linux distribution (v. 1.00) is now available for anonymous FTP. This is a complete installation system designed for systems with a 3.5" boot floppy. It has been tested extensively with a 386/IDE system. The standard kernel included does not support SCSI, but if there's a great demand, I might be persuaded to compile a few custom kernels to put up for FTP. This release is based largely on the SLS system, but has been enhanced and modified substantially. There are two main disk series, A (13 disks) and X (11 disks). Some of the features: kernel source and image at 0.99pl11 Alpha compiled with normal hard drive and PS/2 style mouse support." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information. The complete set of 24 floppy disks is available for download from ftp.slackware.com.

trademark91 · 03-31-2011, 10:08 PM

yeah i saw this and lold

cwizardone · 03-31-2011, 10:48 PM

Good one!

Mr. V. must have had something to do with that.

MannyNix · 03-31-2011, 11:19 PM

Just saw this @ distrowatch and not living in the US it caught me by surprise for 10 seconds, lol. My tought was: now that had finally catched up with -current

Good one

owor · 04-01-2011, 03:54 AM

With all the fancy names for the upcoming slackware version, I actually thought this was the name chosen for today.

dolphin77 · 04-01-2011, 05:43 AM

here is another one:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2750

nuxrl · 04-01-2011, 07:10 AM

Saw it too. LOL

zbreaker · 04-01-2011, 07:33 AM

Actually I would love to try Slack 1.0. A bunch of floppies and a few cold ones....it doesn't get any better

markush · 04-01-2011, 07:52 AM

When I started with Slackware (in march of 1994) I got about 56 floppydisks, I don't know which version of Slackware it was, but the Kernel was 1.0.
Back in those days an installation of Slackware took several hours, although I had only 210MB of diskspace and half of it was for DOS and Windows...

Markus

unclejed613 · 04-01-2011, 08:08 AM

the link in the article goes to here:
http://www.slackware.com/announce/1.0.php
but the ftp link goes to the regular distribution tree where the only "vintage" slack is 3.3.... after that it's 8.0 and up