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[-] TxzK@lemmy.zip 17 points 5 months ago

"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 points 5 months ago

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

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 12 points 5 months ago

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

[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 5 months ago

He just a freak like that

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] Horrabin@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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.

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