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Installing Lazarus 1.8.4 on Ubuntu 18.04
440bx:
--- Quote from: dbannon on February 26, 2019, 02:14:25 am ---?? Over 30 years of using Linux and I did not know that ! Thanks
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It cannot be over 30 years. In 1989, Linux was about 2 years away from making its first appearance on usenet.
winni:
First linux version 0.01 was autum 1991.
The great debate with Andrew S. Tanenbaum was 1992.
Christmas 1992 version 0.99 was released.
The pre 1.0 versions were really an adventure.
dbannon:
--- Quote from: 440bx on September 05, 2019, 12:34:08 am ---
--- Quote from: dbannon on February 26, 2019, 02:14:25 am ---?? Over 30 years of using Linux and I did not know that ! Thanks
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It cannot be over 30 years. In 1989, Linux was about 2 years away from making its first appearance on usenet.
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Hmm, sorry, careless wording. I should have said "unix" or "*nix". While I started using computers with VMX, I soon progressed to Ultrix, OSF and then True64 on the Dec/Compaq Supercomputers. I used something called Coherent, maybe 1985 or 1986 - that was the first Unix like OS I used running on PC hardware. Maybe we could consider that as one of many fore runners to Linux ?
Davo
440bx:
--- Quote from: dbannon on September 05, 2019, 02:06:56 am ---Hmm, sorry, careless wording.
Davo
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No problem. I'm often guilty of, let's say, casual wording myself. I only pointed it out to ensure no one would be left with the mistaken impression that Linux was actually that old. If the word "over" had not been there, I would not have mentioned it.
munair:
--- Quote from: 440bx on September 05, 2019, 02:29:53 am ---
--- Quote from: dbannon on September 05, 2019, 02:06:56 am ---Hmm, sorry, careless wording.
Davo
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I only pointed it out to ensure no one would be left with the mistaken impression that Linux was actually that old.
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Over 30 years would legitimately bring you to 1990 or earlier. Given the first release of Linux in 1991, it actually is almost that old. This is apart from the fact that the first distributions came out in 1992, which weren't even useful for a production desktop at the time. Point being, 30 years don't really give a mistaken impression about the age of Linux. It does give a mistaken impression about the GNU/Linux operating systems or distro's that could actually be used in production environments. Even SuSE version 6.4 in 1998 was a pain to install because it required manual selection of dependencies against 'unsatisfied' error messages (don't remind me).
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