Editing Softlanding Linux System (section)

{{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 (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]]
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working state = Discontinued
| released = {{Start date and age|1992|05|df=y}}
| latest release version = 1.06<ref name="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}}</ref><ref>{{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 Linux/GNU/X#Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated|Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated]] |isbn=1-883601-15-0 |oclc=78663619 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start year and age|1994}}
| supported platforms = [[x86|i386]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2023 |title=Softlanding Linux System |url=https://archiveos.org/sls/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=archiveos.org}}</ref>
| kernel type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| influenced = [[Slackware]], [[Debian]]
}}
'''Softlanding Linux System''' ('''SLS''') was one of the first [[Linux distribution]]s. The first release was by [[Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)|Peter MacDonald]]<ref name="LinuxUser" /> in May 1992.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref><ref>[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</ref> Their slogan at the time was "Gentle Touchdowns for [[DOS]] Bailouts".<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="LinuxUser">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref>