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Dedicated Slackware Linux Server

Slackware Linux, created by Patrick Volkerding in 1992, is the oldest surviving Linux distribution. Forked from the now-discontinued SLS project, Slackware 1.0 came on 24 floppy disks and was built on top of Linux kernel version 0.99pl11-alpha. It quickly became the most popular Linux distribution, with some estimates putting its market share to as much as 80% of all Linux installations in 1995. Its popularity decreased dramatically with the arrival of Red Hat Linux and other, more user-friendly distributions, but Slackware Linux still remains a much-appreciated operating system among the more technically-oriented system administrators and desktop users.

Slackware Linux is a highly technical, clean distribution, with only a very limited number of custom utilities. It uses a simple, text-based system installer and a comparatively primitive package management system that does not resolve software dependencies. As a result, Slackware is considered one of the cleanest and least buggy distributions available today - the lack of Slackware-specific enhancements reduces the likelihood of new bugs being introduced into the system. All configuration is done by editing text files. There is a saying in the Linux community that if you learn Red Hat, you'll know Red Hat, but if you learn Slackware, you'll know Linux. This is particularly true today when many other Linux distributions keep developing heavily customised products to meet the needs of less technical Linux users.

While this philosophy of simplicity has its fans, the fact is that in today's world, Slackware Linux is increasingly becoming a "core system" upon which new, custom solutions are built, rather than a complete distribution with a wide variety of supported software. The only exception is the server market, where Slackware remains popular, though even here, the distribution's complex upgrade procedure and lack of officially supported automated tools for security updates makes it increasingly uncompetitive.

Features and benefits of a Cybercon Dedicated Slackware Linux Server:

  • 100% Network Uptime Guaranteed! The Cybercon data center maintains direct connections to four of the top five Internet backbones: ATT, Verizon/MCI/UUNET, Qwest and Level 3. Cybercon's IP Network is powered by redundant high capacity Cisco data center routers and switches.

  • One Hour Hardware Replacement Guarantee! Reliable equipment means hardware failures are extremely rare. In the event of a failure, Cybercon will repair or replace the equipment within one hour - 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

  • Managed services included: Server monitoring, unlimited server reboots, and unlimited application service restarts.

  • Technical Experties: Serving thousands of servers for over 10 years, we have extensive experience with Red Hat Linux, CentOS Linux, Fedora Linux, Debian Linux, Slackware Linux, SuSE Linux and Solaris operating systems; Apache web server; Sendmail and Qmail mail servers; MySQL database server; PHP, IPtable, and more.

  • Free backup space: Receive 10GB of free backup space for each dedicated Solaris server (Additional backup space is available as an option). Cybercon RAID-6 backup systems provide twice the redundancy of the popular RAID 5 systems. Our backup systems support iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and FTP.

  • Live on-site technical support: available 24x7x365 by email, telephone or through our user friendly on-line support web portal.

  • State-of-the-art data center facility includes diesel power generators, UPS, environmental cooling systems, multi-level security, and pre-action fire suppression systems.

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