My name is Jordan Tyler Burchett, founder of eXybit Technologies and the new maintainer of Absolute Linux.
I’ve been developing and maintaining my own operating system, RefreshOS, for the past three years, and I’m
excited to bring what I’ve learned into this project. I’m both excited and thankful for the opportunity to
help continue the life of Absolute Linux.
Throughout my time learning and experimenting with Linux, every time Slackware came up, I’d see Absolute
Linux mentioned right alongside it as the easy-to-use option. So when I heard that Paul was stepping away
from the project and looking for someone to take it over, I felt a real sense of loss for the Slackware
community. Absolute has always felt like a valuable part of that world, and I didn’t want to see it fade away.
I reached out, shared my goals for where I’d like to take Absolute, and Paul was happy to pass it on. I’m
honored to be part of its future.
Absolute Linux will continue development under eXybit Technologies, built with the same approach and
structure we've used to develop RefreshOS. We're not here to reinvent what made Absolute great, we're here
to carry it forward.
Since 2007, Absolute has stood for being simple, pre-configured, and lightweight. Slackware made easy.
That core philosophy isn't changing. Absolute will always be free, open-source, built for ease of use,
and based on the Slackware foundation.
As of now, there is no set release date for the first eXybit-developed stable version of Absolute Linux. We're bringing Absolute into modern computing while keeping it minimal. The first step is to preserve what already exists, rebuild the underlying infrastructure, and create a canary version of the next major stable release.
You can still download the original versions of Absolute Linux by Paul Sherman on SourceForge.
