Softlanding Linux System
{{short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}{{Infobox operating system
| name = Softlanding Linux System
| screenshot = Sls-linux 1.05.png
| developer = Peter MacDonald
| working state = Discontinued
| released = {{Start date and age|1992|05|df=y}}
| latest release version = 1.06{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Caleb |date=April 1995 |title=A review of InfoMagic's December 1994 Release |url=https://linuxjournal.rubdos.be/ljarchive/LJ/012/0060.html |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=Linux Journal |volume=April 1995 |issue=12}}{{Cite cd |url=https://archive.org/details/yggsdrasil-linux-internet-archives-winter-1996 |title=Yggsdrasil Linux Internet Archives WINTER 1996 |date=Winter 1996 |type=CD |publisher=Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated |isbn=1-883601-15-0 |oclc=78663619 |via=Internet Archive}}
| latest release date = {{Start year and age|1994}}
| supported platforms = i386{{Cite web |date=20 July 2023 |title=Softlanding Linux System |url=https://archiveos.org/sls/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=archiveos.org}}
| kernel type = Monolithic (Linux)
| influenced = Slackware, Debian
}}
Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was one of the first Linux distributions. The first release was by Peter MacDonald in May 1992.{{Cite news |last=Noyes |first=Katherine |date=25 August 2016 |title=Linux’s brilliant 25-year history, in pictures |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/416174/linuxs-brilliant-career-in-pictures.html |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=PC World}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20230209040035/http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/11.04/gldt1104.svg GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline, version 11.4] by A. Lundqvist, D. Rodic Their slogan at the time was "Gentle Touchdowns for DOS Bailouts".{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Jim |date=4 May 2017 |title=How I got started with Linux |url=https://opensource.com/article/17/5/how-i-got-started-linux-jim-hall-freedos |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=opensource.com}} SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive Linux distribution containing more than the Linux kernel, GNU, and other basic utilities, including an implementation of the X Window System.{{cite journal |last=Berlich |first=Ruediger |date=April 2001 |title=ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... The early history of Linux, Part 2, Re: distribution |url=https://github.com/oldlinux-web/oldlinux-files/blob/9912ec445d0014e3571745223df8c35144468a57/docs/lu9-All_you_need_to_know_about-The_early_history_of_Linux_part_2.pdf |journal=LinuxUser |quote=This was followed shortly after by the Softlanding Linux System (SLS), founded by Peter McDonald, which was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP,... |accessdate=12 May 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Proffitt |first=Brian |date=4 August 2016 |title=25 Years of Linux |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/25-years-linux |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Red Hat}}
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 by Patrick Volkerding) and Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, among others.
Similarly, Ian Murdock's frustration with SLS led him to create the Debian 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}}
Version History
| class="wikitable"
|+Known SLS releases !Version !Release date |
| 1.00 |
| 1.01 |
| 1.02 |
| 1.03 |
| 1.04 |
| 1.05 |
| 1.06 |
References
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External links
- [http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/oldlinux/Linux.old/distributions/SLS/ SLS] at Princeton University
- [https://github.com/rdebath/SLS-1.02 SLS version 1.02] at GitHub
- [http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/distributions/sls-1.03/ SLS version 1.03] at ibiblio
- https://archiveos.org/sls/
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