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c/linux · by Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 1y

The early days of Linux

https://lwn.net/Articles/928581/

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TxzK@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"More importantly for the future success of Linux was that the X11 system was ported to it, making 1992 the year of the Linux desktop."

I thought next year will be the year of Linux desktop

jaybone@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Turns out it was there all along, and it’s the friends we made along the way.

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Great story. I do wonder why Linus initally chose FREAX.

secret300@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y

He just a freak like that

mox@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y

My guess: Because it's both FRee and frEAkish (atypical) compared to commercial uniX.

Horrabin@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1y

My first distro was a Slackware that came on a CD of a magazine in the late 90s. Amazing how Linux quickly evolved and was available for people.