“Slackware is the longest active Linux distribution project, founded in 1993,” writes TheBAFH (Slashdot reader #68,624).
“Today there are many Linux distributions available, but I’ve remained dedicated to this project as I believe it still holds an important place in the Linux ecosystem,” writes Patrick J. Volkerding on a new Patreon page. He adds that Slackware’s users “know that Slackware can be trusted not to constantly change the way things work, so that your investment in learning Slackware lasts longer than it would with a system that’s a moving target… Your support is greatly appreciated, and will make it possible for me to continue to maintain this project.”
TheBAFH writes:
The authenticity of the Patreon page has been confirmed by Mr. Volkerding in a post in the Slackware forum of LinuxQuestions.org. “I was going to wait to announce it until I had a few more planned updates done in -current that would be getting things closer to an initial 15.0 beta release, but since it’s been spotted in the wild I’ll confirm it.”
Slashdot also emailed Patrick J. Volkerding at Slackware.com last summer and confirmed that that is indeed the account that he’s posting from on LinuxQuestions. At the time, he was still trying to find the time to get a Patreon page set up.
“I’ve been trying to catch up on nearly a decade of neglecting everything other than Slackware, but I’m at least getting more caught up.”
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