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minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoI too was there for the release of the 2.6 kernel
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoI put off the switch so long because I didn’t know what udev was but I understood that it was important.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoLinux 2.6 released in December 2003. Gnome 2.6 released in March of 2004. At that point Linux was truly ready for the desktop and we’ve just spent the last twenty years waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIIRC that was the release that cleaned up the make output substantially.
I too was there for the release of the 2.6 kernel
I put off the switch so long because I didn’t know what udev was but I understood that it was important.
Linux 2.6 released in December 2003. Gnome 2.6 released in March of 2004. At that point Linux was truly ready for the desktop and we’ve just spent the last twenty years waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.
IIRC that was the release that cleaned up the
makeoutput substantially.