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Ubuntu turns 20: 'Oracular Oriole' shows this old bird's still got plenty of flight
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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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Wait.....Ubuntu is only 20? What's the first linux? I thought ubuntu was older.
According to this, the first was Boot-Root from Torvalds himself in 1991. The oldest that are still around are Slackware (July 1993) and Debian (Aug 1993).
I wonder if someone could still install boot root? I'm not a techy person, but I'd watch the hell out of that YouTube video!
Sadly, I did not find Boot-Root 1991 but found these:
https://archiveos.org/tamu/
https://archiveos.org/sls/
https://archiveos.org/linux-from-nascent/
https://archiveos.org/lst/
And boot-root 2002:
https://archiveos.org/tomsrtbt/
Dang, that would have been a cool one to see!
I'd love to see what those looked like back in the day. I love computer history, even if I don't fully understand it. Haha