No_One's fingers wandered over the keyboard and produced:

> While looking through the Rute Manual for some info, came across this:
>
>
> Slackware:
> This was the first LINUX distribution and is supposed to be the
> most current (software is always the latest). It's a pain to
> install and manage, although school kids who don't know any
> better love it.
>
>
> ken

Actually, Patrick started out by taking the SLS distribution of Linux and
fixing the many, many bugs that SLS distro had.

I believe SLS is recognized as "The first Linux" distribution, although I
have ordered and received some CD's from an outfit in Canada, named JANA,
(who went down in flames) before SLS became known, at least to me.

So, that does not make Slackware the *first* Linux distro, but the *longest*
existing Linux distro. And may it remain so.

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HJohnson
( aka ) HuMJohn AT aerosurf DOT net

On 2005-06-15, HJohnson <NoOne@NoWhere.Hah> wrote:
> No_One's fingers wandered over the keyboard and produced:
>
> Actually, Patrick started out by taking the SLS distribution of Linux and
> fixing the many, many bugs that SLS distro had.
>
> I believe SLS is recognized as "The first Linux" distribution, although I
> have ordered and received some CD's from an outfit in Canada, named JANA,
> (who went down in flames) before SLS became known, at least to me.
>
> So, that does not make Slackware the *first* Linux distro, but the *longest*
> existing Linux distro. And may it remain so.

I think Slack is considered the first Linux because SLS was a commercial
endeavor. Slack was, at least for the first several years, a non-commercial
project born out of SLS, hence the confusion. At least that's my
understanding and my memory. However, lately, I'm more likely to be wrong
than write...I mean right.

ken

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HJohnson wrote:
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> I believe SLS is recognized as "The first Linux" distribution, although I
> have ordered and received some CD's from an outfit in Canada, named JANA,
> (who went down in flames) before SLS became known, at least to me.

I remember JANA /very/ well. They still have a lot of my money.

I purchased a one-year subscription to their "CDROM a Month" offering,
which was supposed to have the latest PD and freeware software on it,
but only got two issues of the CDROM before they closed shop and faded
into the night.

Crooked as a mountain road, but I only had a 2400 baud modem at the
time, so I took a chance that they could deliver more software than my
modem could.

I /did/ notice this strange thing called Slackware on the CDs at the
time, but since there wasn't any real instruction, I didn't pay it much
mind. Now, I run Slackware where-ever I can.

[snip]
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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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On 2005-06-14, No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:
> Slackware:
> This was the first LINUX distribution and is supposed to be the
> most current (software is always the latest). It's a pain to
> install and manage, although school kids who don't know any
> better love it.
None of those statements are true.
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