Community-supported Software
Repositories of community-maintained and -supported binary Slackware packages are provided by linuxpackages.net and slacky.eu. These projects may include more recent versions of software or software not provided by Slackware Linux.
SlackBuilds.org is a community-supported project offering so called SlackBuilds to build extra software not included with Slackware. A SlackBuild mainly provides a shell script that builds a particular package on the user's system. This build process is nearly identical to the way Slackware's official packages are built. SlackBuilds have several advantages over pre-built packages: Since they build from the original author's source code, the user does not have to trust a third-party packager; furthermore the local compilation process allows for machine-specific optimization. In comparison to manual compilation and installation, SlackBuilds assure better integration into the user's system, inasmuch as they utilize Slackware's package system.
SlackFind is a package search service for Slackware.
Since GNOME was dropped from Slackware Linux, several community projects now provide GNOME binary packages and Slackbuilds for Slackware Linux. These include Dropline GNOME, GSB: GNOME SlackBuild, GWARE, Gnome-Slacky, and SlackBot.
Since Slackware has migrated in recent releases from KDE 3.5 to KDE Plasma Workspaces 4, there is an alternative for Slackware users who prefer using KDE 3.5.x using the Trinity desktop.
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