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User talk:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-21T16:22:15Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Oops forgot to use this. Added stuff about how definitions of minor vary

== Yggdrasil Linux ==

Creating this section here before adding it to the main wiki so I can check for typos and such... for now it has references:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X ~ Wikipedia article on Yggdrasil
* https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html ~ Yggdrasil CD images
* http://grumbeer.dyndns.org/ftp/linux/dist/yggdrasil/ ~ Yggdrasil source code
* https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/miyawaki/diary/200310160000/ ~ Some Japanese site with stuff about Yggdrasil
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111026011806/http://www.yggdrasil.com/ ~ Yggdrasil website via wayback machine about selling the domain
* https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/ftp-archives/sunsite.unc.edu/Sep-29-1996/docs/distributions/yggdrasil/announcement ~ Yggdrasil beta CD ROM announcement

==Minor edits, Summary boxes==

[https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Yggdrasil_Linux&curid=7659&diff=29553&oldid=29526 This change] can't possibly be construed as a 'minor' edit, but you tagged it that way anyway? Also, please always put something in the 'Summary' box, so that when looking at the history later, people will be able to get a rough sense of what was done, without needing to click on the 'prev' link of that revision. Thanks! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:39, 21 May 2023 (CEST)
:It was marked as a minor edit since it was one change to the page and not a large edit which edited multiple parts of the page itself. I suppose our definition of “minor” varies --[[User:Sinclair-Speccy|Sinclair-Speccy]] ([[User talk:Sinclair-Speccy|talk]]) 18:08, 21 May 2023 (CEST)

User talk:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-21T16:08:08Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Minor edits, Summary boxes */

== Yggdrasil Linux ==

Creating this section here before adding it to the main wiki so I can check for typos and such... for now it has references:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X ~ Wikipedia article on Yggdrasil
* https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html ~ Yggdrasil CD images
* http://grumbeer.dyndns.org/ftp/linux/dist/yggdrasil/ ~ Yggdrasil source code
* https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/miyawaki/diary/200310160000/ ~ Some Japanese site with stuff about Yggdrasil
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111026011806/http://www.yggdrasil.com/ ~ Yggdrasil website via wayback machine about selling the domain
* https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/ftp-archives/sunsite.unc.edu/Sep-29-1996/docs/distributions/yggdrasil/announcement ~ Yggdrasil beta CD ROM announcement

==Minor edits, Summary boxes==

[https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Yggdrasil_Linux&curid=7659&diff=29553&oldid=29526 This change] can't possibly be construed as a 'minor' edit, but you tagged it that way anyway? Also, please always put something in the 'Summary' box, so that when looking at the history later, people will be able to get a rough sense of what was done, without needing to click on the 'prev' link of that revision. Thanks! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:39, 21 May 2023 (CEST)
:It was marked as a minor edit since it was one change to the page and not a large edit which edited multiple parts of the page itself --[[User:Sinclair-Speccy|Sinclair-Speccy]] ([[User talk:Sinclair-Speccy|talk]]) 18:08, 21 May 2023 (CEST)

User talk:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-21T16:00:55Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Minor edits, Summary boxes */

== Yggdrasil Linux ==

Creating this section here before adding it to the main wiki so I can check for typos and such... for now it has references:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X ~ Wikipedia article on Yggdrasil
* https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html ~ Yggdrasil CD images
* http://grumbeer.dyndns.org/ftp/linux/dist/yggdrasil/ ~ Yggdrasil source code
* https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/miyawaki/diary/200310160000/ ~ Some Japanese site with stuff about Yggdrasil
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111026011806/http://www.yggdrasil.com/ ~ Yggdrasil website via wayback machine about selling the domain
* https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/ftp-archives/sunsite.unc.edu/Sep-29-1996/docs/distributions/yggdrasil/announcement ~ Yggdrasil beta CD ROM announcement

==Minor edits, Summary boxes==

[https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Yggdrasil_Linux&curid=7659&diff=29553&oldid=29526 This change] can't possibly be construed as a 'minor' edit, but you tagged it that way anyway? Also, please always put something in the 'Summary' box, so that when looking at the history later, people will be able to get a rough sense of what was done, without needing to click on the 'prev' link of that revision. Thanks! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 12:39, 21 May 2023 (CEST)
It was marked as a minor edit since it was one change to the page and not a large edit which edited multiple parts of the page itself --[[User:Sinclair-Speccy|Sinclair-Speccy]] ([[User talk:Sinclair-Speccy|talk]]) 18:00, 21 May 2023 (CEST)

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T08:04:11Z

Sinclair-Speccy:

{{Infobox OS
| image = Yggdrasil_desktop.PNG
| caption = Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
| name = Yggdrasil Linux
| creator = Adam J. Richter
| year introduced = 1992
| architecture = [[i386]]
}}

'''Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X''', also known as '''Yggdrasil''' or '''LGX''', is an early [[Linux]] distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux [[distribution]]. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware. Yggdrasil, named after Norse mythology's world tree, aimed to provide a complete Linux system on a single CD.

The '''LGX''' name is said to be named after three of its principal components: the Linux kernel, the GNU software suite, and the X window system.

== Releases ==
There were 6 releases of Yggdrasil however you can only download 5 of them from [https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html here]...

=== 1992 Alpha ===
The 1992 alpha release was announced on the 25th of November 1992. The first release was on the 8th of December, 1992. The CD-ROM was in the [https://www.kclug.org/old_archives/linux-activists/1992/nov/3/0493.shtml/yggdrasil.html ISO-9660 filesystem] meaning you could view the contents from DOS, other Unix systems and Macintoshes as per the mailing list(?)

This release contained the following software on the CD-ROM:

* Linux 0.98.1 kernel,
* X windows (v11r5) for VGA displays with support for higher resolutions such as 1024x768 256 colors using the ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, or Genoa chip sets, and the standard Xlib/Xt development environment,
* GNU utilities, including GNU C and C++, the GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make,
* TeX and groff typesetting packages,
* Ghostscript: a postscript interpreter that can drive a variety of printers and also display in an X window,
* elvis and GNU emacs text editors,
* kermit 5A telecommunications program, and
* an installation script that uses the extended filesystem, which supports long filenames and symbolic links just like the BSD file system,
* iso9660 filesystem with support for the Rock Ridge extensions for reading CDROM's (used by this CDROM distribution),
* lots of other useful programs too numerous to mention.

A 386/486 CPU, 8MB RAM, high-density floppy, 100MB IDE, SCSI or ESDI disk (200MB with sources), SCSI CDROM drive with an Adaptec 1542B, Ultrastor 14F, Future Domain TMC-1660/1680, Seagate ST01/02, or Western Digital 7000fasst SCSI controller were required for this version of Yggdrasil. The alpha distribution consists of the CDROM, and 3.5" and 5.25" high-density bootable filesystem floppies.

The alpha release was missing some of the source code of some of the packages, that being because Adam states on the announcement thread ''"The main limitation that I had to deal with in the alpha release was that a tar file of the initial CDROM filesystem had to fit on my 200MB disk. I won't have this limitation when I cut the beta release, so /usr/src will be much more complete. It is my intention to eventually be able to build the CDROM by saying "cd /usr/src ; make install""''

=== 1993 Beta ===

=== Fall 1993 ===
This release contained the following software/updates on the CD-ROM as per the [https://www.linux.co.cr/distributions/review/1993/1008.html announcement]:

* important version numbers: 0.99.13 kernel, Xfree86 1.3, GCC 2.4.5.
* New Tk/Tcl supports all of the features described in Professor John Ousterhout's upcoming book on Tk and Tcl.
* More software than any competitor: 235MB binaries + 445MB source code.
* Linux 0.99.13 kernel supports most popular CDROM's
* an easy-to-use installation script, plus a graphical user interface for system configuration,
* The X Window System: version 11 release 5, Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, the Tcl/Tk scripting language, the Xview 3.0 OpenLook(tm) toolkit, InterViews C++ toolkit,
* The Andrew System version 5.1, including the ez editor for easy creation and reading of documents with embedded images, equations, spreadsheets, hypertext links, and other media types.
* Ethernet Networking with TCP/IP, NFS and other Internet protocols.
* Games: asteroids, battle zone, chess, mille bornes, othello, pool, shogi, solitaire, tetris, and connect four.
* Multimedia: viewers for JPEG, GIF, TIFF and other image formats, MPEG video, sound,
* Text editors: the elvis vi clone, GNU Emacs with calc mode, and Lucid GNU Emacs (better graphical user interface).
* Desktop Publishing: TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, and ghostscript, a postscript interpreter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers,
* Telecommunications: kermit, Z-modem, Taylor UUCP, mail reader, threaded USENET News reader, with support for reading MIME multimedia messages with embedded images, full motion video and sound.
* the Postgres 4.1 remote database system,
* Programming Languages: GNU C++, GNU ANSI C, FORTRAN-to-C and Pascal-to-C translators, and Prolog,
* Enhanced development environment: GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make, the GNU Coverage Tool, Revision Controls System, Concurrent Version System, and Gnats,
* System V-style shared memory and interprocess communication,
* File Systems: a filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, iso9660+rockridge CDROM filesystem, DOS filesystem,
* Emulators: a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, an experimental ELF loader, and a snapshot of a WABI Windows emulator under development.

It also states it is competitive with Solaris and Windows NT.

=== Summer 1994 ===

=== Fall 1994 ===

=== Fall 1995 ===

[[Category: Linux]]

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T08:03:15Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

{{Infobox OS
| image = Yggdrasil_desktop.PNG
| caption = Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
| name = Yggdrasil Linux
| creator = Adam J. Richter
| year introduced = 1992
| architecture = [[i386]]
}}

'''Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X''', also known as '''Yggdrasil''' or '''LGX''', is an early [[Linux]] distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux [[distribution]]. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware. Yggdrasil, named after Norse mythology's world tree, aimed to provide a complete Linux system on a single CD.

== Releases ==
There were 6 releases of Yggdrasil however you can only download 5 of them from [https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html here]...

=== 1992 Alpha ===
The 1992 alpha release was announced on the 25th of November 1992. The first release was on the 8th of December, 1992. The CD-ROM was in the [https://www.kclug.org/old_archives/linux-activists/1992/nov/3/0493.shtml/yggdrasil.html ISO-9660 filesystem] meaning you could view the contents from DOS, other Unix systems and Macintoshes as per the mailing list(?)

This release contained the following software on the CD-ROM:

* Linux 0.98.1 kernel,
* X windows (v11r5) for VGA displays with support for higher resolutions such as 1024x768 256 colors using the ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, or Genoa chip sets, and the standard Xlib/Xt development environment,
* GNU utilities, including GNU C and C++, the GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make,
* TeX and groff typesetting packages,
* Ghostscript: a postscript interpreter that can drive a variety of printers and also display in an X window,
* elvis and GNU emacs text editors,
* kermit 5A telecommunications program, and
* an installation script that uses the extended filesystem, which supports long filenames and symbolic links just like the BSD file system,
* iso9660 filesystem with support for the Rock Ridge extensions for reading CDROM's (used by this CDROM distribution),
* lots of other useful programs too numerous to mention.

A 386/486 CPU, 8MB RAM, high-density floppy, 100MB IDE, SCSI or ESDI disk (200MB with sources), SCSI CDROM drive with an Adaptec 1542B, Ultrastor 14F, Future Domain TMC-1660/1680, Seagate ST01/02, or Western Digital 7000fasst SCSI controller were required for this version of Yggdrasil. The alpha distribution consists of the CDROM, and 3.5" and 5.25" high-density bootable filesystem floppies.

The alpha release was missing some of the source code of some of the packages, that being because Adam states on the announcement thread ''"The main limitation that I had to deal with in the alpha release was that a tar file of the initial CDROM filesystem had to fit on my 200MB disk. I won't have this limitation when I cut the beta release, so /usr/src will be much more complete. It is my intention to eventually be able to build the CDROM by saying "cd /usr/src ; make install""''

=== 1993 Beta ===

=== Fall 1993 ===
This release contained the following software/updates on the CD-ROM as per the [https://www.linux.co.cr/distributions/review/1993/1008.html announcement]:

* important version numbers: 0.99.13 kernel, Xfree86 1.3, GCC 2.4.5.
* New Tk/Tcl supports all of the features described in Professor John Ousterhout's upcoming book on Tk and Tcl.
* More software than any competitor: 235MB binaries + 445MB source code.
* Linux 0.99.13 kernel supports most popular CDROM's
* an easy-to-use installation script, plus a graphical user interface for system configuration,
* The X Window System: version 11 release 5, Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, the Tcl/Tk scripting language, the Xview 3.0 OpenLook(tm) toolkit, InterViews C++ toolkit,
* The Andrew System version 5.1, including the ez editor for easy creation and reading of documents with embedded images, equations, spreadsheets, hypertext links, and other media types.
* Ethernet Networking with TCP/IP, NFS and other Internet protocols.
* Games: asteroids, battle zone, chess, mille bornes, othello, pool, shogi, solitaire, tetris, and connect four.
* Multimedia: viewers for JPEG, GIF, TIFF and other image formats, MPEG video, sound,
* Text editors: the elvis vi clone, GNU Emacs with calc mode, and Lucid GNU Emacs (better graphical user interface).
* Desktop Publishing: TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, and ghostscript, a postscript interpreter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers,
* Telecommunications: kermit, Z-modem, Taylor UUCP, mail reader, threaded USENET News reader, with support for reading MIME multimedia messages with embedded images, full motion video and sound.
* the Postgres 4.1 remote database system,
* Programming Languages: GNU C++, GNU ANSI C, FORTRAN-to-C and Pascal-to-C translators, and Prolog,
* Enhanced development environment: GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make, the GNU Coverage Tool, Revision Controls System, Concurrent Version System, and Gnats,
* System V-style shared memory and interprocess communication,
* File Systems: a filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, iso9660+rockridge CDROM filesystem, DOS filesystem,
* Emulators: a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, an experimental ELF loader, and a snapshot of a WABI Windows emulator under development.

It also states it is competitive with Solaris and Windows NT.

=== Summer 1994 ===

=== Fall 1994 ===

=== Fall 1995 ===

[[Category: Linux]]

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T08:00:09Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

{{Infobox OS
| image = Yggdrasil_desktop.PNG
| caption = Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
| name = Yggdrasil Linux
| creator = Adam J. Richter
| year introduced = 1992
| architecture = [[i386]]
}}

'''Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X''', also known as '''Yggdrasil''' or '''LGX''', is an early [[Linux]] distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux [[distribution]]. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware. Yggdrasil, named after Norse mythology's world tree, aimed to provide a complete Linux system on a single CD.

== Releases ==
There were 6 releases of Yggdrasil however you can only download 5 of them from [https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html here]...

=== 1992 Alpha ===
The 1992 alpha release was announced on the 25th of November 1992. The first release was on the 8th of December, 1992. The CD-ROM was in the [https://www.kclug.org/old_archives/linux-activists/1992/nov/3/0493.shtml/yggdrasil.html ISO-9660 filesystem] meaning you could view the contents from DOS, other Unix systems and Macintoshes as per the mailing list(?)

This release contained the following software on the CD-ROM:

* Linux 0.98.1 kernel,
* X windows (v11r5) for VGA displays with support for higher resolutions such as 1024x768 256 colors using the ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, or Genoa chip sets, and the standard Xlib/Xt development environment,
* GNU utilities, including GNU C and C++, the GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make,
* TeX and groff typesetting packages,
* Ghostscript: a postscript interpreter that can drive a variety of printers and also display in an X window,
* elvis and GNU emacs text editors,
* kermit 5A telecommunications program, and
* an installation script that uses the extended filesystem, which supports long filenames and symbolic links just like the BSD file system,
* iso9660 filesystem with support for the Rock Ridge extensions for reading CDROM's (used by this CDROM distribution),
* lots of other useful programs too numerous to mention.

A 386/486 CPU, 8MB RAM, high-density floppy, 100MB IDE, SCSI or ESDI disk (200MB with sources), SCSI CDROM drive with an Adaptec 1542B, Ultrastor 14F, Future Domain TMC-1660/1680, Seagate ST01/02, or Western Digital 7000fasst SCSI controller were required for this version of Yggdrasil. The alpha distribution consists of the CDROM, and 3.5" and 5.25" high-density bootable filesystem floppies.

The alpha release was missing some of the source code of some of the packages, that being because Adam states on the announcement thread ''"The main limitation that I had to deal with in the alpha release was that a tar file of the initial CDROM filesystem had to fit on my 200MB disk. I won't have this limitation when I cut the beta release, so /usr/src will be much more complete. It is my intention to eventually be able to build the CDROM by saying "cd /usr/src ; make install""''

=== 1993 Beta ===

=== Fall 1993 ===
This release contained the following software/updates on the CD-ROM as per the [https://www.linux.co.cr/distributions/review/1993/1008.html announcement]:

* important version numbers: 0.99.13 kernel, Xfree86 1.3, GCC 2.4.5.
* New Tk/Tcl supports all of the features described in Professor John Ousterhout's upcoming book on Tk and Tcl.
* More software than any competitor: 235MB binaries + 445MB source code.
* Linux 0.99.13 kernel supports most popular CDROM's
* an easy-to-use installation script, plus a graphical user interface for system configuration,
* The X Window System: version 11 release 5, Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, the Tcl/Tk scripting language, the Xview 3.0 OpenLook(tm) toolkit, InterViews C++ toolkit,
* The Andrew System version 5.1, including the ez editor for easy creation and reading of documents with embedded images, equations, spreadsheets, hypertext links, and other media types.
* Ethernet Networking with TCP/IP, NFS and other Internet protocols.
* Games: asteroids, battle zone, chess, mille bornes, othello, pool, shogi, solitaire, tetris, and connect four.
* Multimedia: viewers for JPEG, GIF, TIFF and other image formats, MPEG video, sound,
* Text editors: the elvis vi clone, GNU Emacs with calc mode, and Lucid GNU Emacs (better graphical user interface).
* Desktop Publishing: TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, and ghostscript, a postscript interpreter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers,
* Telecommunications: kermit, Z-modem, Taylor UUCP, mail reader, threaded USENET News reader, with support for reading MIME multimedia messages with embedded images, full motion video and sound.
* the Postgres 4.1 remote database system,
* Programming Languages: GNU C++, GNU ANSI C, FORTRAN-to-C and Pascal-to-C translators, and Prolog,
* Enhanced development environment: GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make, the GNU Coverage Tool, Revision Controls System, Concurrent Version System, and Gnats,
* System V-style shared memory and interprocess communication,
* File Systems: a filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, iso9660+rockridge CDROM filesystem, DOS filesystem,
* Emulators: a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, an experimental ELF loader, and a snapshot of a WABI Windows emulator under development.

=== Summer 1994 ===

=== Fall 1994 ===

=== Fall 1995 ===

[[Category: Linux]]

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T07:58:35Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

{{Infobox OS
| image = Yggdrasil_desktop.PNG
| caption = Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
| name = Yggdrasil Linux
| creator = Adam J. Richter
| year introduced = 1992
| architecture = [[i386]]
}}

'''Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X''', also known as '''Yggdrasil''' or '''LGX''', is an early [[Linux]] distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux [[distribution]]. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware. Yggdrasil, named after Norse mythology's world tree, aimed to provide a complete Linux system on a single CD.

== Releases ==
There were 6 releases of Yggdrasil however you can only download 5 of them from [https://pd.spuddy.org/yggdrasil.html here]...

=== 1992 Alpha ===
The 1992 alpha release was announced on the 25th of November 1992. The first release was on the 8th of December, 1992. The CD-ROM was in the [https://www.kclug.org/old_archives/linux-activists/1992/nov/3/0493.shtml/yggdrasil.html ISO-9660 filesystem] meaning you could view the contents from DOS, other Unix systems and Macintoshes as per the mailing list(?)

This release contained the following software on the CD-ROM:

* Linux 0.98.1 kernel,
* X windows (v11r5) for VGA displays with support for higher resolutions such as 1024x768 256 colors using the ET4000, ET3000, Paradise, or Genoa chip sets, and the standard Xlib/Xt development environment,
* GNU utilities, including GNU C and C++, the GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make,
* TeX and groff typesetting packages,
* Ghostscript: a postscript interpreter that can drive a variety of printers and also display in an X window,
* elvis and GNU emacs text editors,
* kermit 5A telecommunications program, and
* an installation script that uses the extended filesystem, which supports long filenames and symbolic links just like the BSD file system,
* iso9660 filesystem with support for the Rock Ridge extensions for reading CDROM's (used by this CDROM distribution),
* lots of other useful programs too numerous to mention.

A 386/486 CPU, 8MB RAM, high-density floppy, 100MB IDE, SCSI or ESDI disk (200MB with sources), SCSI CDROM drive with an Adaptec 1542B, Ultrastor 14F, Future Domain TMC-1660/1680, Seagate ST01/02, or Western Digital 7000fasst SCSI controller were required for this version of Yggdrasil. The alpha distribution consists of the CDROM, and 3.5" and 5.25" high-density bootable filesystem floppies.

The alpha release was missing some of the source code of some of the packages, that being because Adam states on the announcement thread ''"The main limitation that I had to deal with in the alpha release was that a tar file of the initial CDROM filesystem had to fit on my 200MB disk. I won't have this limitation when I cut the beta release, so /usr/src will be much more complete. It is my intention to eventually be able to build the CDROM by saying "cd /usr/src ; make install""''

=== 1993 Beta ===

=== Fall 1993 ===
This release contained the following software/updates on the CD-ROM:

* important version numbers: 0.99.13 kernel, Xfree86 1.3, GCC 2.4.5.
* New Tk/Tcl supports all of the features described in Professor John Ousterhout's upcoming book on Tk and Tcl.
* More software than any competitor: 235MB binaries + 445MB source code.
* Linux 0.99.13 kernel supports most popular CDROM's
* an easy-to-use installation script, plus a graphical user interface for system configuration,
* The X Window System: version 11 release 5, Xlib/Xt X windows libraries, the Tcl/Tk scripting language, the Xview 3.0 OpenLook(tm) toolkit, InterViews C++ toolkit,
* The Andrew System version 5.1, including the ez editor for easy creation and reading of documents with embedded images, equations, spreadsheets, hypertext links, and other media types.
* Ethernet Networking with TCP/IP, NFS and other Internet protocols.
* Games: asteroids, battle zone, chess, mille bornes, othello, pool, shogi, solitaire, tetris, and connect four.
* Multimedia: viewers for JPEG, GIF, TIFF and other image formats, MPEG video, sound,
* Text editors: the elvis vi clone, GNU Emacs with calc mode, and Lucid GNU Emacs (better graphical user interface).
* Desktop Publishing: TeX and groff typesetting packages with X previewers, and ghostscript, a postscript interpreter for X windows, faxes and a variety of printers,
* Telecommunications: kermit, Z-modem, Taylor UUCP, mail reader, threaded USENET News reader, with support for reading MIME multimedia messages with embedded images, full motion video and sound.
* the Postgres 4.1 remote database system,
* Programming Languages: GNU C++, GNU ANSI C, FORTRAN-to-C and Pascal-to-C translators, and Prolog,
* Enhanced development environment: GNU debugger, bison, flex, GNU make, the GNU Coverage Tool, Revision Controls System, Concurrent Version System, and Gnats,
* System V-style shared memory and interprocess communication,
* File Systems: a filesystem with long file names, symbolic links, and FIFO's, iso9660+rockridge CDROM filesystem, DOS filesystem,
* Emulators: a BIOS emulator that can run DOS, an experimental ELF loader, and a snapshot of a WABI Windows emulator under development.

=== Summer 1994 ===

=== Fall 1994 ===

=== Fall 1995 ===

[[Category: Linux]]

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T01:19:50Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Forgot to mention that the alpha release was missing some of the source code to programs

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-21T01:14:43Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Not 100 percent sure if what I linked for the alpha release is the mailing list with info about Yggdrasil. Feel freee to fix up as I am not old enough to even know what this is

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-20T07:23:21Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Added Yggdrasil Linux desktop screenshot

File:Yggdrasil desktop.PNG

2023-05-20T07:22:03Z

Sinclair-Speccy: A screenshot of Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating a ASUS P/I-P55T2P4

A screenshot of Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating a ASUS P/I-P55T2P4

User:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-20T06:25:22Z

Sinclair-Speccy:

Hi there! I'm Sinclair-Speccy, your resident computer nerd! My internet username is a combination of the ZX Spectrum and the popular nickname for the ZX Spectrum. People also use Speccy, Sinclair and Alphonse online for me.

There is not much to say about me besides the fact I have a passion for rare computers/OSes that most people haven't heard about before along with a penchant for vintage technology like mainframes (IBM 704, CDC 6500, Whirlwind I, etc) and microcomputers (Mark-8, MK14, etc) and

Hopefully, I can add some useful pages after being in this nerd passion for a little while now as anime girls introduced me to them! (Yes, for real).

I'm that weirdo who got all excited after getting some versions of Yggdrasil Linux to boot in 86box. Emulation is my soul.

If there's things I stick to it is two things I have learned after researching for fun:
# Research well, research properly
# references, references and REFERENCES

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Stuff I've done here...:
* [https://gunkies.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux Yggdrasil Linux]

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I have way too much in my [https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Sinclair-Speccy/07c6ba67a12d58817743718edbbe5412/raw/8f22a3b2a10d7e01881fe7d83b57bf46332274c6/tree.txt emulation folder], oh save me! /s

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-20T06:16:26Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Need to get screenshot

{{Infobox OS
| image =
| caption =
| name = Yggdrasil Linux
| creator = Adam J. Richter
| year introduced = 1992
| architecture = [[i386]]
}}

Yggdrasil, also known as Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X or LGX, is a early Linux distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux distribution. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware

[[Category: Linux]]

Yggdrasil Linux

2023-05-20T06:00:17Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Creating Yggdrasil Linux page... need to add the rest later

Yggdrasil, also known as Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X or LGX, is a early Linux distribution that could be considered the first live CD Linux distribution. It describes itself as a “Plug-and-Play” Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware

User talk:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-18T22:31:53Z

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Yggdrasil Linux */ new section

User:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-18T10:20:11Z

Sinclair-Speccy:

User:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-18T10:16:30Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Oops forgot to add extra info

User:Sinclair-Speccy

2023-05-18T10:13:56Z

Sinclair-Speccy: Adding stuff to my user page. Only just saw the email hours later