version 12.1 is available for download for those who have older PowerPC Macintosh computers. The project developers announced in February 2012 that development was frozen and 12.1 would be able to receive security patches for one month. The next month, it was announced that the stable release is frozen and won't receive any further updates unless someone else decides to take over. This never happened and Volkerding officially declared the project dead in July 2021. Distribution Slackware 14.2 CD sets, single DVDs, and merchandise were available from the third-party-controlled Slackware store, but due to underpayment, Patrick Volkerding, "told them to take it down or I'd suspend the DNS for the store". Slackware ISO images (2.6 GB) for installation can be downloaded for free at the Slackware website via BitTorrent, FTP mirrors, and HTTP mirrors. Slackware port for IBM S/390 (EOL: 2009)) can be downloaded, and installs from a DOS Partition or from floppy disk. Slackware port for ARM architecture can be downloaded, and installed via a network, using Das U-Boot and a TFTP boot server or from a mini-root filesystem. Slackware ARM can also be installed on a PC running QEMU using the same technique. Use As of 2019, DistroWatch ranks Slackware at 29th. Interest appears to have peaked in 2002, when Slackware's rank reached 7th. It had gradually slipped from the top 10 by 2010, and appears to have stabilized around its current rank in 2015. However, since DistroWatch only tracks visitors to the various distributions' pages, they state that their ranking does not always correlate with the usage of a distribution; rather, it measures the popularity of that distribution on their site. Because of this, their rankings "should not be used to measure the market share of distributions." As with most Linux distributions, Slackware has no official system for tracking total unique installs or active users. References External links ARM Linux distributions Articles which contain graphical timelines IA-32 Linux distributions IBM ESA/390 Linux distributions X86-64 Linux distributions 1994 software Linux distributions without systemd Linux distributions