Editing Slackware (section)

== Releases ==

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  from:05/11/1993 till:05/11/1993 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:1.1.0
  from:05/02/1994 till:05/02/1994 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:1.1.2
  from:02/07/1994 till:02/07/1994 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:2.0
  from:31/10/1994 till:31/10/1994 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:2.1
  from:30/03/1995 till:30/03/1995 shift:($dx,-4) fontsize:S text:2.2
  from:24/05/1995 till:24/05/1995 shift:($dx,-2) fontsize:S text:2.3
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  from:17/02/1997 till:17/02/1997 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.2
  from:11/06/1997 till:11/06/1997 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.3
  from:14/10/1997 till:14/10/1997 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.4
  from:09/06/1998 till:09/06/1998 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.5
  from:28/10/1998 till:28/10/1998 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.6
  from:10/05/1999 till:10/05/1999 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:3.9
  from:17/05/1999 till:17/05/1999 shift:(40,$dy) fontsize:S text:4.0
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  from:22/06/2000 till:22/06/2000 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:7.1
  from:01/07/2001 till:01/07/2001 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:8.0
  from:18/06/2002 till:18/06/2002 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:8.1
  from:19/03/2003 till:19/03/2003 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:9.0
  from:26/09/2003 till:26/09/2003 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:9.1
  from:23/06/2004 till:23/06/2004 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:10.0
  from:02/02/2005 till:02/02/2005 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:10.1
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  from:01/07/2007 till:01/07/2007 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:12.0
  from:02/05/2008 till:02/05/2008 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:12.1
  from:10/12/2008 till:10/12/2008 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:12.2
  from:26/08/2009 till:26/08/2009 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:13.0
  from:24/05/2010 till:24/05/2010 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:13.1
  from:27/04/2011 till:27/04/2011 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:13.37
  from:28/09/2012 till:28/09/2012 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:14.0
  from:04/11/2013 till:04/11/2013 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:14.1
  from:30/06/2016 till:30/06/2016 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:14.2
  from:02/02/2022 till:02/02/2022 shift:($dx,$dy) fontsize:S text:15.0
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Slackware's release policy follows a feature and stability based release cycle, in contrast to the time-bound (''e.g.'', [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]) or [[rolling release]] (''e.g.'', [[Gentoo Linux]]) schemes of other Linux distributions. This means there is no set time on when to expect a release. Volkerding will release the next version after he feels a suitable number of changes from the previous version have been made and those changes lead to a stable environment. As stated by Patrick Volkerding, "It's usually our policy not to speculate on release dates, since that's what it is&nbsp;— pure speculation. It's not always possible to know how long it will take to make the upgrades needed and tie up all the related loose ends. As things are built for the upcoming release, they'll be uploaded into the -current tree."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=general#5|title=The Slackware Linux Project: Frequently Asked Questions|website=Slackware.com|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108012703/http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=general#5|archive-date=January 8, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout Slackware's history, they generally tried to deliver up-to-date software on at least an annual basis.<ref name="tdose2009">{{cite web|url=http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/tdose2009/t-dose-slackware.pdf|title=History of Slackware Development|website=Connie.slackware.com|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=August 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807203916/http://connie.slackware.com/~alien/tdose2009/t-dose-slackware.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> From its inception until 2014, Slackware had at least one release per year. Release activity peaked in 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1999, with three releases each year. Starting with version 7.1 (June 22, 2000) the release progression became more stable and typically occurred once per year. After that point, the only years with two releases were 2003, 2005 and 2008. However, since the release of Slackware 14.1 in 2013, new releases have slowed down drastically. There was a more than 2-year gap between 14.1 and 14.2 and over a 5 year gap to 15.0.<ref name="CL-current" /> Upon the release of 15.0, Volkerding stated that Slackware 15.1 will hopefully have a far shorter development cycle since the "tricky parts" were resolved during the development of 15.0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-15.0/ChangeLog.txt|website=Slackware.com|title=15.0 ChangeLog.txt|access-date=Feb 8, 2022}}</ref>

Slackware's latest 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86_64 stable releases are at version 15.0 (released on February 2, 2022), which include support for [[Linux (kernel)|Linux]] 5.15.19.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slackware.com/announce/15.0.php | title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Release Announcement }}</ref>

Volkerding also maintains a testing/developmental version of Slackware called "-current"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slackware.com/changelog/|title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware ChangeLogs|website=Slackware.com|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506182346/http://www.slackware.com/changelog/|url-status=live}}</ref> that can be used for a more [[bleeding edge]] configuration. This version will eventually become the next stable release, at which point Volkerding will start a new -current to start developing for the next release of Slackware. While this version is generally known to be stable, it is possible for things to break, so -current tends to not be recommended for production systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:current|title=slackware:current - SlackDocs|website=Docs.slackware.com|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628052359/http://docs.slackware.com/slackware:current|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+ Release History
! Version !! Release date !! End-of-life date !! Kernel version !! Notable changes
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| {{Version |o |1.00}}<ref name="comp.os.linux" /><!-- NOTE: The release announcement posted on the Slackware Website was modified to show a "1993-07-16 17:21:20 PST" date, but the original date on the announcement was "17 Jul 1993 00:16:36 GMT" -->
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 1993-07-17
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| 0.99.11 Alpha
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| {{Version |o |1.1}}
| 1993-11-05
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| 0.99.13
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| {{Version |o |1.2}}
| 1994-03-19
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| 1.0.8
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| {{Version |o |2.0}}
| 1994-07-02
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| 1.0.9
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| {{Version |o |2.1}}
| 1994-10-31
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| 1.1.59
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| {{Version |o |2.2}}
| 1995-03-30
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| 1.2.1
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| {{Version |o |2.3}}
| 1995-05-24
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| 1.2.8
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| {{Version |o |3.0}}
| 1995-11-30
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| 1.2.13
|align="left" | Transitioned from [[a.out]] to [[Executable and Linkable Format]] (ELF); first release to be offered on CD-ROM<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-3.0/00_CDROM.TXT|title=CDROM.txt file in the Slackware 3.0 repository|website=Slackware.cs.utah.edu|access-date=July 22, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |3.1}}
| 1996-06-03
| No EOL specified
| 2.0.0
|align="left" | Named "Slackware 96", an allusion to [[Windows 95]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-3.1/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041902/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-3.1/ChangeLog.txt |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Linux Slackware 96: The Internet's Favorite 32-Bit Operating System |isbn=978-1-57176-150-7 |publisher=Walnut Creek |year=1996}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |3.2}}
| 1997-02-17
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| 2.0.29
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| {{Version |o |3.3}}
| 1997-07-11
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| 2.0.30
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| {{Version |o |3.4}}
| 1997-10-14
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| 2.0.30
|align="left" | Introduced [[ZipSlack]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-3.4/ChangeLog.txt |format=TXT |title=zipslack/: Added a super-easy to install UMSDOS installation -- zipslack.zip, a 33 megabyte complete Linux system as a Zip file. The installation will fit on a FAT formatted Zip disk, or works on any FAT or FAT32 filesystem in a \LINUX directory. This is based on the soon-to-be-released Slackware 3.5-beta, with 2.0.33, egcs-1.0.2, libc-5.4.44 |website=Slackware.cs.utah.edu |access-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041633/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-3.4/ChangeLog.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |3.5}}
| 1998-06-09
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| 2.0.34
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| {{Version |o |3.6}}
| 1998-10-28
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| 2.0.35
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| {{Version |o |3.9}}
| 1999-05-10
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| 2.0.37pre10
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| {{Version |o |4.0}}
| 1999-05-17
| No EOL specified
| 2.2.6
|align="left" | First release to require 1GB of space for full install and added KDE<ref name="linux.com" />
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| {{Version |o |7.0}}
| 1999-10-25
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| 2.2.13
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| {{Version |o |7.1}}
| 2000-06-22
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| 2.2.16
|align="left" | Added GNOME<ref name="linux.com" />
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| {{Version |o |8.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-slackware|title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.|website=Distrowatch.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618162329/https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-slackware|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2001-07-01
| No EOL specified
| 2.2.19
|align="left" | Added [[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Browser]] and optional Linux 2.4
|-
| {{Version |o |8.1}}
| 2002-06-18
| 2012-08-01<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.1/ChangeLog.txt |title=ChangeLog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041911/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.1/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2.4.18
|align="left" | Switched package naming from [[8.3 filename|8.3]] to name-version-arch-build.tgz and evolved hdsetup to pkgtools
|-
| {{Version |o |9.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/6695/|title=Confessions of a Slacker – OSnews|website=Osnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226045718/https://www.osnews.com/story/6695/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/3166/|title=Mini Review of Slackware Linux 9.0 – OSnews|website=Osnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223904/https://www.osnews.com/story/3166/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2003-03-19
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.20<br />(patched to 2.4.21)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-9.0/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041850/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-9.0/ChangeLog.txt |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Version |o |9.1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/4637/|title=Get to Know Slackware 9.1 – OSnews|website=Osnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226045731/https://www.osnews.com/story/4637/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2003-09-26
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.22<br />(patched to 2.4.26)<ref name="CL9.1" />
|align="left" | Switched from [[Open Sound System|OSS]] to ALSA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-9.1/RELEASE_NOTES|title=Release Notes for Slackware 9.1|website=Mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073415/http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-9.1/RELEASE_NOTES|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version |o |10.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/7694/|title=Slackware 10: First Impressions – OSnews|website=Osnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226045721/https://www.osnews.com/story/7694/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2004-06-23
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.26
|align="left" | Switched from [[XFree86]] to [[X.org Server]]
|-
| {{Version |o |10.1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osnews.com/story/9752/|title=Slackware 10.1 Review – OSnews|website=Osnews.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223906/https://www.osnews.com/story/9752/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/122809/|title=A look at Slackware 10.1 [LWN.net]|website=Lwn.net|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175249/https://lwn.net/Articles/122809/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2005-02-02
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.29
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|-
| {{Version |o |10.2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/152540/|title=A Look at Slackware Linux 10.2 [LWN.net]|website=Lwn.net|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175251/https://lwn.net/Articles/152540/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2652|title=Slackware 10.2 - Tux Machines|website=Tuxmachines.org|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=October 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004055312/http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2652|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2005-09-14
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.31
|align="left" | Removed GNOME desktop environment
|-
| {{Version |o |11.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/venerable-slackware-12-gets-sporty-new-wardrobe|title=Venerable Slackware 12 gets a sporty new wardrobe|date=July 10, 2007|website=Linux.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230204/https://www.linux.com/news/venerable-slackware-12-gets-sporty-new-wardrobe|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2006-10-02
| 2012-08-01
| 2.4.33.3
|align="left" | First release offered on DVD
|-
| {{Version |o |12.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17899|title=Slackware 12: The anti-'buntu - Tux Machines|website=Tuxmachines.org|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175233/http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/17899|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2007-07-01
| 2012-08-01
| 2.6.21.5
|align="left" | Switched from Linux 2.4 to 2.6, added support for [[Hardware Abstraction Layer|HAL]] and removed floppy disk installation support (except for [[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE]])
|-
| {{Version |o |12.1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/upgrading-slackware-121|title=Upgrading to Slackware 12.1|date=June 3, 2008|website=Linux.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625000842/https://www.linux.com/news/upgrading-slackware-121|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2008-05-02
| 2013-12-09<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.1/ChangeLog.txt|title=12.1 ChangeLog.txt|website=Mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041907/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.1/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2.6.24.5
|align="left" |
|-
| {{Version |o |12.2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/revised-slackware-keeps-it-simple|title=Revised Slackware keeps it simple|date=December 23, 2008|website=Linux.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622192639/https://www.linux.com/news/revised-slackware-keeps-it-simple|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2008-12-10
| 2013-12-09<ref name="CL12.2">{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.2/ChangeLog.txt|title=12.2 ChangeLog.txt|website=Mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041751/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.2/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 2.6.27.7<br />(patched to 2.6.27.31)<ref name="CL12.2" />
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| {{Version |o |13.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20091005#feature|title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.|website=Distrowatch.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730141848/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20091005#feature|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/350314/|title=Slackware 13.0: now officially 64-bit [LWN.net]|website=Lwn.net|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618152306/https://lwn.net/Articles/350314/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2009-08-26
| 2018-07-05<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.0/ChangeLog.txt|title=13.0 ChangeLog.txt|website=Mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041900/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.0/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2.6.29.6
|align="left" | Added 64-bit version, switched from KDE 3.5 to 4.x and switched from gzip to xz compressed packages
|-
| {{Version |o |13.1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/spotlight-linux-slackware-linux-13|title=Spotlight on Linux: Slackware Linux 13.1 - Linux Journal|website=Linuxjournal.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=August 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808072005/https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/spotlight-linux-slackware-linux-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2010-05-24
| 2018-07-05<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.1/ChangeLog.txt|title=13.1 ChangeLog.txt|website=Mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202041643/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.1/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2.6.33.4
|align="left" | Added [[PolicyKit]] and ConsoleKit and switched to the [[libata]] subsystem
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| {{Version |o |13.37}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110516#feature|title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.|website=Ddistrowatch.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222002920/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110516#feature|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/learn/slackware-review-ten-years-making|title=A Slackware Review Ten Years In The Making|date=May 9, 2011|website=Linux.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175317/https://www.linux.com/learn/slackware-review-ten-years-making|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/434815/|title=Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it [LWN.net]|website=Lwn.net|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175226/https://lwn.net/Articles/434815/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2011-04-27
| 2018-07-05<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.37/ChangeLog.txt|title=13.37 ChangeLog.txt|website=Mirrors.slackware.ocm|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=April 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182750/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.37/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2.6.37.6
|align="left" | Added support for [[GUID Partition Table|GPT]] and utilities for the [[Btrfs]] filesystem
|-
| {{Version |o |14.0}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121015#feature|title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.|website=Distrowatch.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730141008/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20121015#feature|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2012-09-28
| 2024-01-01<ref>{{cite web |title=Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/ChangeLog.txt |website=Slackware |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
| 3.2.29<br />(patched to 3.2.98)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127010057/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.0/ChangeLog.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="left" | Added [[NetworkManager]] and removed HAL as its functionality was merged into [[udev]]
|-
| {{Version |o |14.1}}
| 2013-11-04
| 2024-01-01<ref>{{cite web |title=Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.1/ChangeLog.txt |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
| 3.10.17<br />(patched to 3.10.107)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.1/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041627/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.1/ChangeLog.txt |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="left" | Added support for [[UEFI]] hardware and switched from [[MySQL]] to [[MariaDB]].
|-
| {{Version |o |14.2}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160725#slackware|title=DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.|website=Distrowatch.com|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730131704/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160725#slackware|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 2016-06-30
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | 2024-01-01<ref>{{cite web |title=Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.2/ChangeLog.txt |website=Slackware |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>
| 4.4.14<br />(patched to 4.4.301)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.2/ChangeLog.txt|title=ChangeLog.txt|website=mirrors.slackware.com|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807051911/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.2/ChangeLog.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="left" | Added [[PulseAudio]] and [[VDPAU]] and switched from [[udev]] to eudev and from ConsoleKit to ConsoleKit2
|-
| {{Version |c |15.0}}
| 2022-02-02
| No EOL announced
| 5.15.19<br />(patched to 5.15.161)<ref name="Slackware 15.0">
{{ cite web
 | url          = https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-15.0/ChangeLog.txt
 | title        = ChangeLog.txt
 | last         = 
 | first        = 
 | date         = 2023-12-26
 | website      = slackware.com
 | publisher    = The Slackware Linux Project
 | access-date  = 2024-01-01
 | url-status   = live
 | language     = 
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220914131917/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-15.0/ChangeLog.txt
 | archive-date = 2022-09-14
 | quote        = These updates fix various bugs and security issues. Thanks to jwoithe for the PCI fix!
}}
</ref>
|align="left" | Switched default encoding from [[ASCII]] to [[UTF-8]], ConsoleKit2 to elogind, and [[KDE Software Compilation 4|KDE4]] to [[KDE Plasma 5|Plasma5]]; migrated to [[Python (programming language)|python3]]; moved package database from {{Mono|/var/log/packages/}} to {{Mono|/var/lib/pkgtools/}}; added [[LAME|lame]], [[Vulkan (API)|vulkansdk]], [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL2]], [[FFmpeg]], [[Pluggable authentication module|PAM]], and [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] to core system<ref name="CL-current" />
|-
| {{Version |cp |-current}}
| development
| {{n/a}}
| 6.12.25<ref name="CL-current">{{cite web|url=http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64|title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware ChangeLogs|website=slackware.com|access-date=2025-05-01|date=2023-12-20|archive-date=June 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629203434/http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="left" | 
|-
| colspan="5" | <small>{{Version |l |show=111110}}</small>
|}