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Slackware wasn't the first Linux distro, but it's the oldest still alive and kicking
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Debian has a lot of other things going for it - but Slackware still beat it by two months, and Linux wouldn't be the same without it. Worth celebrating! 🎉
You aren't wrong :)
Also, wasn't SUSE Linux originally based on Slackware?
Yup.