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Salix


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC


Salix is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. Optimised for desktop use, Salix OS features one application per task, custom package repositories, advanced package management with dependency support, localised system administration tools and innovative artwork.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 177 (46), 6 months: 178 (45), 3 months: 159 (47), 4 weeks: 150 (45), 1 week: 163 (40)

Average visitor rating: 8.87/10 from 30 review(s).


Salix Summary
Distribution Salix (formerly Salix OS)
Home Page http://www.salixos.org/
Mailing Lists https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/salix-main
User Forums http://forum.salixos.org/
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Documentation http://www.salixos.org/wiki/index.php?title=Documentation
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Bug Tracker http://sourceforge.net/p/salix/tickets/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-11-29: Distribution Release: Salix 15.0 "Live"
 • 2022-09-05: Distribution Release: Salix 15.0
 • 2016-11-15: Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Live Xfce"
 • 2016-08-29: Distribution Release: Salix 14.2 "Xfce"
 • 2016-08-10: Development Release: Salix 14.2 RC1
 • 2016-06-15: Development Release: Salix 14.2 Beta 1 "Xfce"
 • 2014-11-04: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Live Xfce"
 • 2014-09-22: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Fluxbox"
 • 2014-07-27: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Openbox"
 • 2014-06-01: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "MATE"
 • 2014-03-04: Distribution Release: Salix 14.1 "Xfce"
 • 2013-10-30: Distribution Release: Salix OS 14.0.1 "Ratpoison"
 • More Salix releases...

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Feature 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Feature
Release Date 2022-09-05 2017-04-11 2014-03-04 2013-07-17 2011-05-12 2010-06-04 2009-12-23 Release Date
End Of Life               End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1300-1400 700-800           Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce Fluxbox, KDE, Xfce Xfce Xfce Default Desktop
Package Management TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ TXZ Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice KOffice, LibreOffice OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i486, i686, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual cz, da, de, en, es, gr, hu, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ru cz, da, de, en, es, gr, hu, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ru -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Full Package List
Package 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.5.1 1.1.1 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.18 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.1 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.108) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.108)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.2 2.1.4 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.4.6 1.4.3 1.3.11 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.46.5 1.43.1 1.42.8 1.42.6 1.41.14 1.41.11 1.41.8 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0.3) 102.2.0 45.4.0 -- -- 5.0 3.6.3 3.5.6 firefox (133.0.3)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.11.1 2.6.3 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.4 2.3.12 2.3.9 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 11.2.0 5.3.0 4.8.2 4.7.1 4.5.2 4.4.4 4.3.3 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.30 2.8.18 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.6.11 2.6.8 2.6.8 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.33 2.23 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.11.1 2.9 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) 3.24.31 2.24.31 2.24.20 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.18.9 2.14.7 gtk (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) -- -- -- -- 2.0.2 -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 29 22 15 9 -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) 7.4.0 5.1.4 4.2.0 4.0.3 3.3.2 3.2.0 3.1.1 LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.4) 5.15.63 4.4.29 3.10.17 3.2.45 2.6.37.6 2.6.33.4 2.6.29.6 linux (6.12.4)
Package 15.0 14.2.1 14.1 14.0.1 13.37 13.1 13.0.2 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.1) 21.3.5 11.2.2 9.1.7 8.0.4 7.9.2 7.8.1 7.5 mesa (24.3.1)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- 5.1.56 -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) -- 8u91 7u51 7u40 -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 8.8p1 7.3p1 6.4p1 6.1p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.2p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 1.1.1q 1.0.2j 1.0.1f 1.0.1e 0.9.8r 0.9.8n 0.9.8k openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.34.0 5.22.2 5.18.1 5.16.3 5.12.3 5.10.1 5.10.0 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) 3.9.12 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.6.4 2.6.2 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) -- -- -- -- 4.7.0 -- -- qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.15.9 4.4.5 4.1.4 3.6.8 3.5.8 3.5.2 3.2.15 samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) -- 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.20.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.10.0 4.6.2 4.6.1 4.6.1 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 1.20.14 1.18.3 1.14.3 1.12.4 1.9.5 1.7.5 1.6.3 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-29
Votes: 6


Just as Debian has user-friendly distros such as Mint and Ubuntu, and Arch has Manjaro, Slackware has Salix.

It's super user-friendly. Perfectly refined XFCE that is gorgeous. A variety of GTK-based apps exclusive to this distro, making it easier to administer your system.

Uses slapt-get, similar to apt-get/aptitude with dependencies, but installs packages meant to be used on Slackware systems.

If init matters to you, this only uses good old sysvinit to manage services, so no systemd whatsoever.

Salix 15.0 is a success so far. You can even get XFCE 4.18 backports installed if you wish, without running a -current version of Slackware (like Slackel), just for that.


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Version: 15.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-27
Votes: 2


Hi, I have used Slackware for several years and now I have installed this distribution derived from Slackware, it has a great software installer very similar to Debian and at the same time is not as overloaded with software as Slackware, it is a highly recommended option, light, stable and very fast.
It is easier to install than slackware, with a good choice of software, you can't ask for more. Highly recommended to give a new life to old computers that because of its limitations do not move other distros heavier, this one feels light and stable at the same time...




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Version: 15.0
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-12
Votes: 11


Salix OS 15 is quite a stable, fast and lightweight distribution that run smoothly on older PCs as well as newer ones.

It comes with an out-of-the-box refined and polished Xfce desktop that rivals desktops such as Mate and/or Cinnamon in terms of aesthetics and ease of use while keeping a small resources footprint.

The installation on HDD is relatively straight forward and the selection of per-installed out-of-the box programs such as Libreoffice, Firefox, etc..is well thought after, including the necessary utilities to tweak and monitor the system.

I'd like to thank the authors of this accomplished distribution that I personally have up and running on few desktops and laptops at home.


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