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 From : Sergey Lentsov                       2:4615/71.10   12 Jul 2001  16:16:46
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 This week in Linux history
 
    Four years ago the classic [15]Scientific Applications on Linux site
    [16]announced its existence. Four years later, it remains unrivaled in
    its niche.
    
    David Miller [17]released UltraPenguin 1.0, a version of Linux for
    UltraSparc processors.
    
    Meanwhile, an obscure guy named Rob Malda was [18]trying to get into
    the Linux T-Shirt business. He's since found better things to do.
    
    Three years ago ([19]July 16, 1998 LWN): The KDE/GNOME flamewars were
    at a peak. For those who have somehow managed to miss out, the debate
    revolved around KDE's use of Qt libraries, a Troll Tech product with a
    "less-than-free" license. [20]Bruce Perens on Slashdot:
    
      Because it is 100% Open Source, because it is technically quite
      good, and because of the wisdom of its development team, GNOME will
      become the standard GUI for Linux. A large portion of the free
      software community will simply not accept KDE because of the Qt
      license.
      
    The screaming notwithstanding, KDE 1.0 was released that week.
    Meanwhile, three years later, the flamewars have dulled to the distant
    rumble of thunder.
    
    These days ZDNet columns are mostly favorable to Linux / open source.
    This was less true back then. Here's [21]a quote from a pro-MS column.
    
      Lots of mail came from the Linux and the "put your source code up
      on the Web" camp. Many were the reasons why Linux or the Apache Web
      server or some variant was better than anything Microsoft could
      code together. But in the end my favorite came from a manager at a
      VVBC (very, very big company). He runs both systems and favors
      Linux, but he wisely notes that his VVBC "would never put their
      accounting system on an OS from somebody that they cannot sue--and
      get something." Microsoft wins at his shop not because it is
      better, but because it is good enough. So much for the free crowd.
      
    "Who do you sue?" still comes up occasionally, but most critics seem
    to have gotten over that one.
    
    The Debian 2.0 release was in its third beta, with only 39 release
    critical bugs left to be fixed. Transvirtual released Kaffe 1.0. And
    Netscape was proclaiming the success of the Mozilla project, with a
    Communicator 5.0 release expected by the end of the year. Of course,
    that one didn't turn out quite that way...
    
    Two years ago ([22]July 15, 1999 LWN): It was a relatively slow time
    in the Linux world. The development kernel was at 2.3.10. The
    allegedly stable kernel was 2.2.10, but the kernel hackers were
    working hard to be sure that a file corruption bug was truly stamped
    out before releasing 2.2.11.
    
    The Debian project, meanwhile, pondered freezing the 2.2 "potato"
    version, with talk of a possible release in September (of 1999!). In
    fact the potato branch was not [23]actually frozen until January 2000.
    
    The annual DefCon hacker convention became a mainstream media focus,
    though in years past it was an obscure event ignored in more
    "professional" circles.. This [24]Wired article perhaps provides an
    explanation for the event's obscurity, covering the friction between
    the hacker community and the mainstream media.
    
      ABCNews.com's Michael Martinez presented a talk on the persistent
      rift between hackers and the press on Saturday. He provided a forum
      for hackers to confront a member of the tech media with questions
      like, "Since all these reporters want to learn to be hackers, why
      don't they just hire hackers to be reporters?"
      
    A slightly different sort of endorsement for Linux was sent to LWN
    this week:
    
      Once I explain what Linux is, I am certain you will understand why
      it is important for the Christian community of computer users to
      embrace it. More Internet sites use Linux on their servers than any
      other OS. Linux is revolutionizing the information technology (IT)
      universe just like the early Church changed the Roman Empire in the
      first century AD.
      
    --[25] Darren Remington, Christian Computing.
    
    One year ago ([26]July 13, 2000 LWN): Oracle released the Linux-based
    "[27]New Internet Computer" (NIC).
    
    SSH 1.2.30 was released, with a new restrictive license. Fortunately
    the [28]OpenSSH project provided open source software supporting this
    valuable protocol.
    
    The current development kernel release was 2.4.0-test3. This was a
    large patch containing a great many architecture-specific updates. The
    current stable kernel release was still 2.2.16.
    
    [29]IceLinux announced its existence. Self-dubbed, "The Linux Gaming
    Platform of the future", this distribution was so new it was only in
    the planning stages. Now IceLinux's lead developer writes:
    
      OK... Well, after a lot of spare time spent trying to keep up with
      the latest developments in the linux community and re-building
      IceLinux from sources more times than I'd like to admit, I've
      realised something; Building a user-friendly gaming system from
      scratch and sources is not something to be taken on without a lot
      of time and resources!
      
    Now the plan is to start with an existing platform, Red Hat 7.1, and
    build from there.
    
    Speaking of gaming -- LinuxDevices [30]reviewed the Indrema
    entertainment system (IES). After reading this review many of the LWN
    staff wanted an IES of our very own. Alas, the IES was never finished
    and Indrema is no longer in business.
    
    Section Editor: [31]Rebecca Sobol.
    July 12, 2001
    
    LWN Linux Timelines
    [32]1998 In Review
    [33]1999 In Review
    [34]2000 In Review
    
    
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