Slackware shine rarraba Linux wanda Patrick Volkerding ya kirkira a cikin 1993. Asalin asali akan Softlanding Linux System, Slackware ya kasance tushen yawancin sauran rarraba Linux, musamman nau'ikan rarrabawar SUSE Linux na farko, kuma shine mafi tsufa rarrabawa wanda har yanzu ana kiyayewa. Slackware yana nufin kwanciyar hankali na ƙira da sauƙi kuma ya zama mafi yawan rarraba Linux "Unix-like". Yana yin ƴan gyare-gyare kamar yadda zai yiwu ga fakitin software daga sama kuma yana ƙoƙarin kada ya yi tsammanin shari'ar amfani ko hana yanke shawarar mai amfani. Ya bambanta da yawancin rarrabawar Linux na zamani, Slackware yana ba da tsarin shigarwa na hoto kuma babu ƙudurin dogaro ta atomatik na fakitin software. Yana amfani da fayilolin rubutu a sarari kuma ƙaramin saitin rubutun harsashi don daidaitawa da gudanarwa. Ba tare da ƙarin gyaggyarawa ba ta shiga cikin yanayin mu'amalar layin umarni. Saboda yawancin fasalulluka masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da sauƙi, Slackware galibi ana ɗaukarsa ya fi dacewa da ci gaba da masu amfani da Linux masu fasaha.