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==Details== ZipSlack used the [[UMSDOS]] [[filesystem]] under [[Linux]], which ran on top of the [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] [[filesystem]]. The FAT filesystem was originally used by [[Microsoft]] operating systems and can be found today on various types of [[removable media]] such as [[ZIP drive|ZIP disks]], [[SuperDisk|SuperDisks]], [[USB flash drive]]s, and [[secure digital card]]s. The last release of Slackware that contained ZipSlack was Slackware 11.0. Slackware 12.0 did not contain a ZipSlack setup within its distribution, although this change was not mentioned in its release announcement. <ref name="slackware-12-relannouncements2">[http://www.slackware.com/announce/12.0.php Slackware 12.0 Release Announcement]. Retrieved November 6, 2007.</ref> The most likely cause of this is the lack of UMSDOS support in Linux 2.6, as support for this filesystem type had been removed from the official Linux sources after some discussion<ref name="lkml-12">[https://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0407.1/0763.html UMSDOS discussion on the Linux Kernel Mailing List]. Verified on March 23, 2022.</ref> regarding the [[LKML|Linux Kernel Mailing List]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} ZipSlack was quite lightweight compared to other operating systems in its time. For example, the [[X11|X Window System]] was not present in ZipSlack by default, nor were there any [[GUI]]-based web browsers. However, since ZipSlack was essentially just a miniature installation of Slackware, users were able to use the Slackware [[package management system]] to install whatever packages they may need.
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