Complex sentence: Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity, and to be the most "Unix-like" Linux distribution, making as few modifications as possible to software packages from upstream and using plain text files and a small set of shell scripts for configuration and administration.
Split into simpler sentences: Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity and to be the most "Unix-like" Linux distribution. It uses plain text files and only a small set of shell scripts for configuration and administration.