Yggdrasil Linux - Revision history

Sinclair-Speccy at 08:04, 21 May 2023

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Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

2023-05-21T08:03:15Z

‎Fall 1993

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

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‎Fall 1993

Sinclair-Speccy: /* Fall 1993 */

2023-05-21T07:58:35Z

‎Fall 1993

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

2023-05-21T01:19:50Z

Forgot to mention that the alpha release was missing some of the source code to programs

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

2023-05-21T01:14:43Z

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

Jnc: Add some links

2023-05-20T11:40:57Z

Add some links

Sinclair-Speccy: Added Yggdrasil Linux desktop screenshot

2023-05-20T07:23:21Z

Added Yggdrasil Linux desktop screenshot

Sinclair-Speccy: Need to get screenshot

2023-05-20T06:16:26Z

Need to get screenshot

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

2023-05-20T06:00:17Z

Creating Yggdrasil Linux page... need to add the rest later

New page

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

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	'''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.		'''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.
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		+	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 ==		== Releases ==

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 * 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 ===

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

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	=== Fall 1993 ===		=== Fall 1993 ===
		+	This release contained the following software/updates on the CD-ROM:
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		+	* 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 ===		=== Summer 1994 ===

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	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.		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.
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		+	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 ===		=== 1993 Beta ===

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 }}
-'''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 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.
 [[Category: Linux]]

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 {{Infobox OS
-| image =
+| image = Yggdrasil_desktop.PNG
-| caption =
+| caption = Yggdrasil Linux running in the 3.1 version of 86box emulating an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
 | name = Yggdrasil Linux
 | creator = Adam J. Richter
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 }}
-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
+Yggdrasil, also known as Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X 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
 [[Category: Linux]]

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