Unofficial History of Slackware releases
This table is probably incomplete and possibly inaccurate, if you have any additions/corrections mail me, I`ll add/correct the entry
You can find versions 1.1.2 to -current for download here
| Date: | Slackware Version | Kernel Version(s) | Notes/Feature: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-04-.. | n/a | Unknown | "It appears from emails I`ve been getting that Slackware was first mentioned around this date, so we can say this date is Slackwares genesis |
| 1993-07-11 | n/a | 0.99pl11A | "SLS-like system" pre-announced on comp.os.linux. Patrick's email was posted on the Cleveland FreeNet, sponsored by CWRU. |
| 1993-07-17 | 1.00 | 0.99pl11A | Announced on c.o.l. TeX had to be installed from the SLS T-series floppies. With: gcc-2.4.5, libc-4.4.1 Download from: mhd3.moorhead.msus.edu |
| 1993-08-04 | 1.01 | 0.99pl12A | With: ksh, tcl, XFree86 1.3; Download from: ftp.cdrom.com. |
| 1993-09-05 | 1.0.2 | 0.99pl12 | With: emacs 19.19, games, change in versioning 1.01 -> 1.0.2. |
| 1993-09-15 | 1.0.3 | 0.99pl12 | With: pine |
| 1993-10-01 | 1.0.4 | ? | With: Tin/XView updates |
| 1993-11-04 | 1.1.0 | 0.99pl13 | Disk sets: A, E, IV, OI, OOP, TCL, X, XAP, XD, XV, Y. |
| 1994-02- | 1.1.1 | 0.99pl14 | 51 floppies. XFree86 2.0, libc 4.4.4. TeX |
| ? | 1.1.2 | 0.99.15 | |
| 1994-03-27 | 1.2 | 1.0 | "Installing all takes about 200MB" |
| 1994-06-25 | 2.0 | 1.0.9, 1.1.18 | Also Morse Communications "Slackware Pro" |
| 1994-09-18 | 2.0.1 | 1.0.9, 1.1.18 | |
| 1994-10-20 | 2.0.2 | ? | |
| 1994-11-15 | 2.1 | 1.1.59 | 65 floppies, plus boot & root disks |
| 1995-03- | 2.2 | 1.2.1 | |
| 1995-04- | 2.2.0.1 | 1.2.3 | libc 4.6.27, XFree86 3.1.1" |
| 1995-05- | 2.3 | 1.2.8 | libc 4.6.27, XFree86 3.1.1 |
| 1995-09-30 | 3.0 | 1.2.13, 1.3.1 | First ELF. Walnut Creek CDROM. |
| 1996-07-03 | 3.1.0 | 2.0.0 | Called "Slackware'96". libc 5.3.12. |
| 1997-01-13 | 3.1.0 | 2.0.27 | Also called "Slackware '96" |
| 1997-02-17 | 3.2.0 | 2.0.29 | |
| 1997-06-24 | 3.2.0 | 2.0.30 | |
| 1997-07-11 | 3.3.0 | 2.0.30 | |
| 1997-10-14 | 3.4.0 | 2.0.30 | |
| 1998-06-09 | 3.5.0 | 2.0.34 | libc 5.4.44, XFree86 3.3.2.2 |
| 1998-10-28 | 3.6.0 | 2.0.35 | "Recommend 500MB for full install" |
| 1999-05-17 | 3.9 | 2.0.37 | Co-released with 4.0 |
| 1999-05-17 | 4.0.0 | 2.2.6, 2.2.7 | "Recommend 1GB for full install", XFree86 3.3.3.1 First kde 1.1.1 |
| 1999-10-25 | 7.0 | 2.2.13 | First glibc2, "recommend 2GB partition", Version jump from 4 to 7. XFree86 3.3.5 |
| 2000-06-22 | 7.1 | 2.2.16 | XFree86 3.3.6. First gnome. |
| 2001-06-28 | 8.0 | 2.2.19, 2.4.5 | XFree86 4.1.0, kde-2.1.1 |
| 2002-06-19 | 8.1 | 2.4.18 | XFree86 4.2.0, kde-3.0.1, gnome-1.4.1, First mozilla |
| 2003-03-20 | 9.0 | 2.4.20 | gcc-3.2.2, XFree-4.3.0, kde-3.1, gnome-2.2 |
| 2003-09-25 | 9.1 | 2.4.22 | GCC 3.2.3 (with GCC 3.3.1 as an alternate choice), GNOME 2.4.0, and KDE 3.1.4. Slackware 9.1 uses the stable 2.4.22 kernel, but is 2.6.x ready. |
| 2004-06-22 | 10.0 | 2.4.26 | gcc 3.3.4, X11R6 (xorg) replacing XFree86 for the fist time, KDE 3.2.3, Gnome 2.6.2 |
| 2005-02-02 | 10.1 | 2.4.28 | gcc 3.3.4, Gnome2 was dropped, start of kernel 2.6.x migration. |
| 2005-09-13 | 10.2 | 2.4.31 | gcc 3.3.6, kernel 2.6.x as an option. Maintainenance release. |
| 2006-10-1 | 11.0 | 2.4.33.3 | Other kernels available are 2.6.17.13 in /extra and 2.6.18 in /testing. KDE version 3.5.4. XFCE 4.2.3.2 |
| 2007-07-01 | 12.0 | 2.6.21.5 | This release features lots of changes. Module Xorg, a 2.6.x.x kernel and many other smaller but significant changes. |
| 2008-05-02 | 12.1 | 2.6.24.5 | First release to use a 2.6.x kernel exclusively. Better support for RAID, LVM, and cryptsetup; a network capable (FTP and HTTP, not only NFS) installer. XFCE4 4.4.2, KDE 3.5.9 |
| 2008-12-09 | 12.2 | 2.6.27.7 | Glibc 2.7. Supports SMP and none SMP systems. Intergration with HAL and Udev. Modular Xorg. XFCE4 4.4.3, Last of the 3.x.x KDE branch - KDE 3.5.10 |
| 2009-08-28 | 13.0 | 2.6.29.6 | This release has many new applications. Two of the most advanced desktops, KDE and XFCE4. GNU C Library, version 2.9 and updated toolchain. X.org is version 1.4.2 |
| 2010-05-19 | 13.1 | 2.6.33.4 | This release has many new applications and a new core (glibc etc). Two of the most advanced desktops, KDE 4.4.3 and XFCE4 4.6.1. GNU C Library, version 2.11. 1 and updated toolchain. X.org is version 1.7.7 |
| 2011-04-27 | 13.37 | 2.6.37.6 | This releases has many changes. First release to use the new $SLACKWARE_VERSION.$KERNEL_VERSION naming system. Firefox 4.0 web browser is included, the X Window System has been upgraded (and includes the open source nouveau driver for nVidia cards) |