about Softlanding Linux System

Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was an early Linux distribution. It was founded by Peter MacDonald in May 1992.

SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive Linux distribution containing more than Linux and basic utilities, including TCP/IP and the X Window System.

History

SLS was the most popular Linux distribution at the time, but it was considered to be rather buggy by its users. It was soon superseded by Slackware (which started as a cleanup of SLS by Patrick Volkerding) and Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, among others.

Similarly, Ian Murdock's frustration with SLS led him to create the Debian project.