oldest active distro poll
Ashish Chaudhari
which is the oldest linux distro ?
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regards,
Ashish Chaudhari
System Administrator, BCA Programme
The M.S. University of Baroda
Vadodara, INDIA 390002
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Before the first Linux distributions, a would-be Linux user was required to be something of a Unix expert, needing to know not only what libraries and executables were required to successfully get the system to boot and run, but also important details concerning configuration and placement of files in the system.[citation needed]
Linux distributions began to appear very soon after the Linux kernel was first used by individuals other than the original Linux programmers. They were more interested in developing the operating system than developing application programs, the user interface, or convenient packaging.[citation needed]
Early distributions included:
- H J Lu's "Boot-root" a two disk pair with the kernel and the absolute minimal tools to get started
- MCC Interim Linux, which was made available to the public for download on the FTP server of University of Manchester in February, 1992
- TAMU, created by individuals at Texas A&M University about the same time
- SLS (Softlanding Linux System)
- Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, the first CD-ROM based Linux distribution
SLS was not well-maintained, so Patrick Volkerding released a distribution based on SLS, which he called Slackware, released in 1993.[1] This is the oldest distribution still in active development.
Users were attracted to Linux distributions as alternatives to the DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems on the PC, Mac OS on the Apple Macintosh and proprietary versions of Unix. Most early adopters were familiar with Unix from work or school. They embraced Linux for its stability, low (if any) cost, and for the availability of the source code for most or all of the software included.
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