| Doug Stewart on 24 Mar 2011 03:39:20 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Linux and package managers/repos |
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:47 AM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote: >> Um, how do you define "dawn of Linux" or "distribution"? I began with >> slackware, with a version number in the 0.9x range. The "distribution" >> was little more than a bunch of tar files and "Make". > > Ouch, ask a hard one why don't you?!? Well, the dawn of Linux is 1992/1993 > or so when Linus released it. A distribution is a Linux kernel, some > drivers for some hardware, and some userland packages all rolled up in some > way that in theory makes it easier to install and use. But you already know > that... :-) > > What, no love for MCC, Yggdrasil, or SLS (the distro that was the foundation for Slackware)? -- -Doug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug