Links
We have not tested most of the software listed here! We just want to provide links to other projects that you might find interesting. As always, use at your own risk etc.
Slackware distributions
Official Slackware distributions:
- The Slackware Linux Project – The original Slackware for 32-bit x86 architechture
- The Slack/390 Linux Project – Official Slackware port for IBM S/390
Unofficial ports:
- The Slamd64 Linux Project – Unofficial port to x86_64
- ARMedslack – Unofficial port to ARM
- Slackintosh Linux Project – Unofficial port to PowerPC-Macintosh
- Splack Linux – Unofficial port to SPARC
- SPARC-Current – Unofficial port to SPARC
Other Slackware derivative distributions:
Slackware based live CDs:
Documentation
- Revised Slackware Book – also known as Slackware Linux Essentials 2.0
- Slackersbible – Mad Penguin's Slackware Handbook Project
- Slackwiki
- Linuxpackages.net's excellent collection of howtos, both generic and Slackware specific
Slackware package management
Tools for checking changelogs, downloading and installing packages:
- spkg – Fast replacement for pkgtools, written in C
- slapt-get – Fast and powerful tool that supports multiple repositories. CVS version supports also Tukaani's .tlz packages.
- slackpkg – simple tool to download and install packages from official Slackware mirrors
- Swaret
- Kslackcheck – Excellent tool to view changelog and download new packages. Doesn't install or upgrade, only download.
- slack-get – Tool like Debian's apt-get. slack-get has also a GUI.
- GETPKG
- XPKGTOOL and SlackGrade
- GNOME-Pkgtool
- PKGsummon
- Slackcurrent – Very simple tool to check for new packages
- Stratdate is based on slackmon – Simple scripts to check Slackware's ChangeLog, download packages and optionally install them.
- slacker
- amypkg
- spkg
- Linux-Pack
- sgui
- SlackIns – Qt-based GUI for pkgtool
- Slaktool
- slackget (not related to slack-get)
- ftpkg
- post-slack
Tools for creating packages and installing from source code:
- CheckInstall – replacement for 'make install' command
- CruxPorts4Slack – Crux' ports for Slackware
- Emerde – Use Gentoo's ebuilds on Slack
- autopkg – Create a Slackware package from source tarball
- BUILDPKG – Package build tools supporting multiple package formats
Slackware Installation
- Slackware FTP Installation was the most used tool to install Slackware over FTP until Tukaani installer arrived. ;-)
- SlackFTP – Another FTP installation using ftpfs kernel module
- Slackware Automatic Installation System
3rd party package sites
Remember that there's always a possibility that the packs you download off of the Net can contain malicious code. The probabability isn't very high but definitely not negligible. Paranoid users compile everything from source, extremely paranoid write all the code themselves. ;-)
- Linuxpackages.net – Lots of packages for Slackware and Slamd64. Most packages made for Slackware 10.x work also on Tukaani as is.
- Slamdpack – Packages for Slamd64
- Audioslack.com – Audio and MIDI related packages for Slack
Miscellaneous
Why my program/website is not listed here?
Probably because we don't know about it or just accidentally forgot. Please visit our IRC channel and ask Larhzu to add a link to your site. Of course, your site should have something that is related to Slackware or Tukaani.