Создатель дистрибутива Slackware Patrick J. Volkerding, в своем интервью ресурсу linuxjournal обмолвился о том, что с осени прошлого года ведет переговоры с руководителями Debian о слиянии дистрибутивов:
"I would like to think so. I really enjoy working with Linux, and have had a blast making a complete package like Slackware available and easy enough for beginners to install. Ian Murdock (of the Debian distribution) and I have tossed around the idea of a merger since last fall. It's possible that this could eventually happen."
