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"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
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Turns out it was there all along, and it’s the friends we made along the way.
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Great story. I do wonder why Linus initally chose FREAX.
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He just a freak like that
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My guess: Because it's both FRee and frEAkish (atypical) compared to commercial uniX.
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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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