nknNov 14, 2023
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Memorable events in #Linux history 😎👇
Nov 13, 2023 at 2:11amWeb
Show threadkkellerNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft Slackware!!!
Show threadgluttoNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft
Arch suspiciously absent... 🐸
Show threadDiabolic PreacherNov 14, 2023
@glutto @nixCraft rolled out of picture
Show threadPentropyNov 13, 2023

@nixCraft at least in Germany Knoppix was a thing as it was especially designed as Live Distribution, first released on 30. September 2000: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix Maybe worth an entry on the list?

to me this was the first distribution with freaking colorful console, from boot on. I'd guess Ubuntu might have been inspired by that.

Knoppix - Wikipedia

Show threadZeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Nov 13, 2023
@Pentropy @nixCraft Lord of the LiveCDs. 🖖
https://mastodon.social/@catavz/111323669549816536
Show threadDiabolic PreacherNov 14, 2023
@Pentropy @nixCraft my first live distro as well and the colorfull boot messages were cool, including the only known distro in my circle to see how the linux desktop looks llike without worrying about formatting and partitioning our already tiny hdd's then
Show threadDouglas @revdjenk JenkinsNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft
I came in at the second bend, first with a Linux PDA (Sharp Zaurus) then dual booting until completely Linux beginning of 2006.
Show threadIke SeblonNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft 1983: GNU Project announced (development begins 1984). Happy 40th!
Show threadPhantom Kitty (Trans)Nov 13, 2023
@nixCraft A lot of those things happened 4-5 years earlier than I realized that they did. No wonder I always feel like I am behind on Linux stuff.
Show threadaminoNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft you forgot "Year of the Linux Desktop" for the last 10 years 😋
Show threadStéphan MestachNov 13, 2023

@nixCraft where is "The year of Linux on the desktop" ?

;)

Show threadSpecial ParakeetNov 13, 2023
@nixCraft first ever version of #linux I used was Yggdrasil Linux, released all the way back in 1992. Think I ran it on a 386sx 16. Oh the fun.
Show threadkhamis_joeNov 14, 2023
@special_parakeet @nixCraft Yggdrasil Linux! Yep. Me too.