Absolute Linux 15

After willingly burning his fingers with the unforgiving Slackware 15, Mayank Sharma tries a derivative that promises a healing touch.

- Mayank Sharma

IN BRIEF

Absolute Linux has multiple editions, with the main one based on Slackware's stable release. The project focuses on creating a desktop-friendly rendition of Slackware that's chock-full of tools to serve various different desktop use cases. The other unique aspect of the distro is its efforts to create a lightweight desktop.

SPECS

CPU: Any 64-bit processor

Memory: 2GB

HDD: 13GB

Build: 64-bit only

Absolute Linux is one of the handfuls of distros that attempts to spin a vanilla Slackware release into a desktop distro that’s usable by mere mortals. The project’s namesake distro is based on the stable Slackware release, which has just received a major new update in the form of Slackware 15 (check our review in LXF287) six years after its last one, Slackware 14.2 in 2016.