IT之家 7 月 22 日消息，至今仍在维护的历史最悠久的 Linux 发行版本 Slackware 本周迎来了自己的三十岁生日，其最初的发布者 Patrick Volkerding 今天仍在维护着该发行版。 图源 Slackware 官方 Patreon 账号 本周 Volkerding 在一份简短声明中庆祝了这一历史节点，并对 ...

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