The strange thing is that this is not mentioned in the Electronic Frontier Foundation site. Caldera1.2 is released, unlike libc6-based Red Hat, Caldera is based on libc5. I firmly believe that the system based on the proprietary BIOS code is unlikely, people launched the OpenBIOS project and the corresponding site. Whether the GGI should be classified into the Linux kernel. GGI, or ordinary graphical interface designed to provide a better interface for linux and other systems. The GGI did not raise the integration of the kernel. This debate has no results, but since then, the exchange of GGI and kernel hackers is enhanced. The number of Linux global users in March is about 7.5 million, and approximately 10,000 servants participate in newsgroup discussion, code testing and modification. Learning Tree, INTERNATIONAL organization adds Linux system management courses and teach in the US-British countries, so "The performance of Linux software is very fast, it is a low price, reliable and powerful support platform suitable for business environment. "Consumer Rights Protection People Ralph Nader advocates large PC manufacturers to provide non-Soft systems, including pre-installed Linux systems. Sun is 30% off for customers upgraded from Linux to Solaris. Bruce Peens, the leader of Debian project, is completely resigned because of how it is developing in the project. Eric Allman, established Sendmail, Inc, and this company tried to make money by selling Sendmail support services while maintaining Sendmail code. John Kirch published Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 and UNIX. This article is great, and you want to use NT 4.0 or Unix. Mozilla source code online, people around the world compete for download, soon, people add a powerful encryption feature and QT port. Linus is listed by Inter @ CTIVE Weekly as one of the "25-bit unknown heroes". LINUS is no more name after April. Open Group announced a new X Window system license agreement policy. The new version of X WINDOW will use a proprietary license, only to pay for buyers, they have retained some security patches. Xfree86 said they can't agree with the new license agreement, will take into account your way. The National Public Radio station reported Linux, which is the first Linux appeared on mainstream non-technical media. OREILL convened the first free software high-level meeting, with participants with Larry Wall, Brian Behlendorf, Linus Torvalds, Guido Van Rossum, Eric Allman, Phil Zimmermann, Eric Raymond, and Paul Vixie. Linux Weekly News (LWN) is open daily. Although LWN wants to maintain its characteristics of its weekly focus, daily columns have exceeded the weekly events on the traffic, and the Linux major column is also open. Linux 3.0 is released; the birth of Linus second daughter brings him huge joy and kernel development, and many patch programs are lost. Some people began to complain that the Linux kernel's dependence is too strong. Red Hat announces a commercial support plan, which is based on world-wide support partner.com, where Eklektix, INC is the initiator of Linux Weekly News. Avalon Beowulf Cluster is one of the fastest computer systems in Los Alamos. Eric S. Raymond published Homesteading the noosphere on the Internet, which expressed his views on how to commercialize the open source software.
In May, the kernel Alan Cox turned into a small red hat. Bruce Peens is based on his experience in Debian, making a new Linux distribution. This version has never appeared, but many of them later included in the Linux Standard Base project. C | NET's heterogeneous project will only work with Linux, and the media response is strong. The solar micro system is added to Linux International. The Google Search Engine appears, it is not only one of the best search engines, but is based on Linux, which is characterized by Linux web search. SM @ RT Reseller reports that Oracle and Informix are not intended to support Linux. "In fact, - no matter how stable, cheap - Many people suspect that Linux can be published in the commercial market with strong Windows NT and Solaris Competition" SUSE 5.2. Corel officially accepts Linux to ensure Linux support for NetWinder products. The Association FrancoPhone des Utilsateurs de Linux et des logiciels libres (Aful) was founded in France and quickly influential in the French computer industry. Linux large database arrival. Computer Associates For its Ingres system, ARDENT SOFTWARE has O2 object database, which has expressed support for Linux. Linux Core / Layer Project is released, which is the initial exploration of the standardization of Linux system. Some people propose to create a Linux Standard Base (Linux Basics) Project. This proposal is discussed by multiple Linux core characters on Linux presentations and implemented. Bruce peens became the leaders of the organization. Red Hat 5.1 publishes and quickly launches a series of updates, and these updates are attributed to the Linux security check project group. June Gartner Group said that free software did not hope: these operating systems will not become mainstream business application platforms in the next two or three years, nor will they receive a wide range of third-party applications. GIMP 1.0 is not expected, finally released. Stable kernel 2.0.34 experienced a bumpy, finally launched. For the anxiety of the US export ban, the Beowulf site is temporarily closed. Anyone can form a super computer, some people become very worried. But soon Beowulf site returns to normal. DataPro Survey Study shows that Linux has the highest satisfaction in the operating system user, and it is the only operating system that grows in a market share. Corel launches NetWinder. Debian 2.0 will postpone the test after a day. Adaptec changes long-term closed policies, announced support Linux, and preferred Red Hat to partners, and landlocks continue to bind to Adaptec. The Chinese Linux Extension project is launched to facilitate the localization of Linux. IBM with Apache team reached an agreement, will sell and support the Apache web server. The Silicon Valley Linux user group held the "1998 Great Linux Revolution" conference, in two most important retail stores to celebrate the Microsoft Windows 98 product to the Linux publicity. The Silicon Valley Linux user group is still not satisfied, a rocket marked with Windows 98 and ignited. The UK Linux R & D staff was held in Manchester. In July, Caldera and Red Hat take the merged message, but the merge is not happened. KDE and GNOME's respective support have begun to accuse each other, Linus intervention, pointing out that KDE desktop is also good. In this case, KDE 1.0 is released, but it becomes very popular, but many people don't like the QT library license agreement.
NC World Magazine stops Nicholas Petreley's violent attacks on Windows NT, but this article can be obtained from the Internet: This article points out that Windows NT 5 (ie, the current Windows 2000) is an absolute disaster. Stable core 2.0.35 released. The Internet operating system counter is started, and after counting thousands of hosts, Linux has the largest Web server market share. LinuxppC 4.0 is released. Oracle announced support Linux and promised to launch with Linux compatible products at the end of 1998. This is predicted to the success of Linux, and this announcement of Oracle has attracted the attention of all walks of life. Almost on the same day, INFORMIX announced support Linux. The future symposium of SVLUG / TAOS Linux was held, with Linus and other celebrities, this will,, Intel start formally considering support Linux. Linus appeared on the cover of the Forbes magazine, with an article on the magazine to highly evaluate Linux. Since then, more and more ordinary people have begun to hear Linux. Mandrake Linux first released, which is developed from small Red Hat, combines KDE and multilingual support. Stamped Linux 0.86 is released. Debian 2.0 is released, and the capacity is great, up to 1,200 packs. MKLINUX Linux DR3 is released. Caldera launched Linux NetWare 1.0 August in Open Source Protocol, the EiffelBase library is launched, and this library is originally adopted by proprietary agreement. Xiaohong Hat once again emphasized its software installation support team: The team is about to start, please wait patiently. Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Ian Murdock, and Tim Sailer initiate Open Source Initiative to manage the use of open source trademarks (RUSS NELSON and CHIP SALZENBERG after a month). Richard Stallman calls to establish a self-contained document for free software. GNOME 0.25 released, code named Droolog Macaque. The original Linux basic standard work is falling into a deadlock, and the target cannot be consistent, Red Hat and Debian have set up Linux compatible standard projects. Then Bruce Peens left the Linux basic standard organization and disappeared in the free software circle for a while. Software In The Public Interest (SPI) organizes the new leadership team in most of the original core personnel, including Ian Jackson, Martin Schulze, Dale Scheetz, and Nils Lohner. Red Hat commented, explains the reason for the annoying Qt license, and why they do not contain KDE in the release. Linux Standards Association (LSA) suddenly came out and claimed to develop real standards for Linux. The LSA's statement is stunned. When public opinion pointed out that the Linux community hates unified standard bondage, LSA has disappeared. The value of the LSA may lead to the promotion of Linux basic standard work organization and Linux compatible standard engineering organization. Red Hat named Rawhide in R & D. The founder of the LSA organizers Michael Mclagan questioned the legality of the Linux trademark, and the Linux International organization entrusted the lawyer to respond, Michael Mclagan finally made a concession. The kernel 2.1.115 is released, and the Linus announced that the code will be stagnant.
September Linux Internet Server Management Guide Engineering, at the same time, French Linux magazine was published. StackGuard / Immunix 5.1 is released. Stackguard is actually a version of GCC to confront the stack overflow attack; Immunix is a small red cap version built into the StackGuard compiler. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer recognizes that they begin to be worried about the emergence of free software, suggesting that the NT part source code is open to R & D staff. SUSE 5.3 English release. Caldera is divided into two companies: Caldera Systems is engaged in Linux business under the Ransom Love leadership, and Caldera Thin Clients is responsible for developing Linux embedded systems. Since the small portion of the 5.3 version of the user reflects an error in the installation process, SUSE stops to the international release of version 5.3. UNIFORM Driver Interface (UDI) Project recommends that Linux developers develop drivers for UDI interface, but the Linux community reflects cold. SUSE announces Office 99 set software, bundled Applixware, KDE, and other excellent software. SUSE Office 99 may compete with Microsoft's office suits, causing a lot of attention. IBM announces support for Linux running DB2. Sybase announces support Linux, this time, it means that Linux has a full range of database products. Inter @ CTIVE Week reports that Dell sells pre-installed Linux systems for a while, Dell Small customers are surprised because they also have the same needs. NEOMAGIC provides the source code for its video hardware driver to the XFree86 project group and distributes the outside world. This video hardware driver is originally developed by Precision Insight with sponsorship of the small red cap, and the source code is closed. Open Group makes the X11R6.4 under the open source protocol, thus ending the free software history is not very bright. Microsoft pointed out that Linux is a major threat to Microsoft in the annual report submitted to the US Securities Regulatory Commission, and it is estimated that their proposed law is to influence the award of Microsoft monopoly. Canadian Linux users organized installfest nationwide and gain a great success. In October Intel and Netscape announced a small investment of small red cap software, this investment will be used to set up a corporate support department inside the small red cap. The announcement has attracted strong concerns of the media, which is considered as a commercial community identifies Linux signal. Intel joins Linux International. Network pioneer Jonathan Postel died. Linux International Nuclear Pack is introduced, which can provide both encryption mechanisms, and unlike conflicts with the notorious national encryption products. GNOME 0.30 released, LWN published comments. LinuxPower.org Site launches, this is a center of Linux papers and teaching. Cygnus releases a real-time embedded operating system (ECOS) under the Open Source Protocol. Red Hat discovered security issues in CDE and quickly removing CDE from the package. This reflects this fact: because CDE is not an open source software, it is not easy to correct. Caldera 1.3 is released, this release contains Sybase, KDE, and STAROFFICE 4.0, still use libc5, and Caldera introduces the Linux system administrator training course. Linuxtoday has a daily updated Linux news. This is the beginning of a new round of Linux sites. LINUS put too much patch in the kernel, and the Linux kernel problem becomes nervous. Linus is a bit angry and take a break for a while. This incident explains that the kernel becomes larger and larger, not suitable for one person to lead. But things are not properly solved. Bootx releases makes PowerPC users more convenient.
Oracle8 for Linux is available for download, but 142 MB is never easy to download. Aful sponsored France Linux installation party, with a very successful party. Microsoft Terminal Linux stated that they did not monopolize in the operating system, and their announcement also said that Linux is just a person's research and development results. Larry Wall won the first annual Free Software Foundation Award. Larry is the inventor of Perl language. Debian decided to remove KDE from their release. Novell announced that the NDS was placed to Linux with Caldera. Allaire Announces the future version of Cold Fusion will support Linux, which is also a long time. Compaq is supported on the value-added distributor installed Linux on its hardware, but there is no plan for pre-installed Linux systems. The Linuxworld website is started, meaning Linux business media. The summary of the site is Nicholas Petreley, which has always been a supporter of Linux in the business medium. Microsoft releases anti-Linux open letter in France, which is the beginning of Microsoft's FUD strategy. This open public belief is notorious, and is strongly accused, the most famous is refuted from Aful. France Telecom Investment Cobalt Networks. The Mexican Scholarnet project has won the Linux-based computer laboratory at 140,000 schools. In order to promote the progress of GNOME project, the project mainly uses GNOME. Atlanta Linux Showcase has achieved great success. Corel announces the personal version of Word Perfect 8 for Linux to download free download through the network, and announced a plan to provide Linux for NetWinder with small Red Hat. Corel promises to help Wine's research and development, which is undoubtedly injecting a strong intensive agent into Wine. Pacific Hitech announced that turbolinux deep into the US market. TurboLinux has the largest share in Japan, and is now ready to enter other markets. Www.alphaltinux.org Site launched, for the first time, provides relevant Linux information for the Alpha system. AfUL is signed with the French Ministry of Education and implements free software in the French campus. Nuclear hacker David Miller married. November Two Microsoft About Linux and Open Source Software The internal memo to Eric raymond, he was disclosed in time. The internal memo describes the powerful side of Linux, a variety of threats that may be composed of Microsoft, as well as the countermeasures that Microsoft prepares. This undoubtedly aroused an uproar in the medium. Extreme Linux has a stone in Supercomputing 98. Linux became hotspots in Comdex, but not focus. Under the Open Source Protocol, the EDDIE software set is released, which is a set of applications for building high-performance clusters. There is also an I2O bus standard public code, so that the I2O bus supports Linux (this is also urgently needed for Linux) finally. Red Hat 5.2 is released, which will be the most stable one before the release of 6.0, 6.0 will fusion 2.2 kernel. LinuxppC 5.0 announced that its actual release date will be set as January 5, 1999. Ext2 becomes the second Linux Monthly. Informix and Apropos install Linux machines in more than 100 Jay Jacobs clothing stores, Linux began to enter mainstream business areas. Digital Creations publishes Principia with an Open Source Protocol, and Principia eventually consists of BOBO and AQUEDUCT together.
It is interesting that the combination of Principia and BOBO and AQUEDUCT is proposed by Digital Creations. Silicon Valley Tea will celebrate the establishment of Microsoftology. Staroffice 5 for Linux is officially released, personal applications can be downloaded for free. Troll Tech announced that the QT 2.0 will be released under the open protocol. However, this open agreement is quite controversial because it specifies that software changes can only be reissued in the form of patch. Therefore, the QPL is just a named open source protocol. Stable kernel 2.0.36 released. OpenBIOS 0.0.1 is released. Slackware Linux 3.6 is released. RED HAT and SUSE have announced technical support programs on Comdex, all of which are supported by enterprise technical support. Netscape purchases the Newhoo web directory and promises to develop their applicable databases. In December, in order to better reflect the purpose of the website, get rid of the influence of Sun's trademark, the SunSite.Unc.edu site is renamed Metalab.unc.edu. This site is the LINUX resource warehouse and the big camp of Linux documentation. In order to break the record, the Clown project built a 550-node Linux cluster. Open source trademark ownership battle broke out, Eric Raymond and Software in the public interest claims to be ownership of the Open Source Initiative trademark. Linus and Tove have become a Honor for the Finnish Independence Day Celebration. They met with President Finland and were rated as the most interesting pair of participants. Small red hat is married. In order to facilitate the distribution of the new kernel source code, the Linux kernel document mirror system starts. With the help of Riley Williams and others, Linux kernel history publishing. Mandrake Linux 5.2 is released. Netscape released gecko. Gecko is a fist product developed by Netscape / Mozilla, a more exciting, faster, and more standard web editor. The Yellow Dog Linux distribution is available for PowerPC. Corel and KDE R & D group alliance, providing NetWinder to the KDE interface. IBM releases file system AFS 3.5 for Linux. GNOME 1.0 enters the code stagnation period, the 0.99 beta release is released. Compaq publishes a Linux driver for the PCI RAID controller under the GPL protocol. LibGGI 2.0 beta release. IBM releases some small software in an open source protocol, like a Jikes Java compiler and Secure Mail, and launches free download DB2 beta. Sun gradually open Java protocol. Sun supports Linux on Ultrasparc. Silicon Graphics joins Linux International and announcing Samba on its system. KDE 1.1 enters the code stagnation period, and its beta is released. According to reports, IBM has considering becoming Linux support service providers, considering the patent and its legal responsibility. SUSE 6.0 beta release. The report says Apple will offer Power Macintoshes pre-installed Linux. WordPerfect 8 is available for download. 2.2 Stable kernel is released. The IDC said that Linux issued by 200% in 1998, and the market share increased by more than 150%. Linux has 17% of the market share, which is no other operating system. Chapter III: The 99-year-old list is released in January 2.2 beta, indicating that the official stable kernel 2.2 of the world's long-term expectation is about to be released. The Linux kernel document mirror system is started, and performance excellent, so that the problem of obtaining the kernel source code.
Joey Hess initiated Debian weekly news SSC release Michael Hammel, "GIMP Artist Guide" Kernel Traffic launched, detail the discussion of Linux kernels. Tucows launches Linuxberg site, which is a Linux software download site. Samba 2.0 is released, which reverse engineering Microsoft Name Control Protocol, so that Linux servers can provide a complete service for Windows networks. Corel sells its NetWinder department to Hardware Computing Canada. Slackware website starts. On January 25, Kernel 2.2.0 was officially released for more than two years. Hewlett-Packard and Compass will provide a Linux system-based plan. The TCP bundle code is carried back to the back door, which proves that there is also a back door in the open code. However, the back door code is repaired, and there is no site being harmful. Linus announced that 2.2.1 will not be released within a few weeks. The result is that the implantation in version 2.2.0 can lead to the bug of the system crash, which has promoted 2.2.1 early release. The "Harmonious Engineering" officially bankruptcy of LGPL clone in the manufacturing QT library. Loki Entertainment Software announces the transfer of Civilization: Call to Power to Linux. Linux certification is in full swing, Sair and Linux Professional Institute have released a plan. Wichert Akkerman replaces Ian Jackson a leader of Debian project. LYX1.0.0 is released. Dell began to sell Linux-based servers. Linuxcare launches service plan to create a name of LINUX company a night. Release Based on RED HAT 5.2 Lubux-Mandrake 5.3. KDE 1.1 is released. Samba 2.0.1 and Samba 2.0.2 were released, although the latter did not fully disclose the code. The release plan of Debian 2.1 was held on March 2. SUSE 6.0 Internationalization. Glibc 2.1 is released, so that the difference between the GCC and EGCS editor projects is increasingly obvious. The Burlington Clothing Factory announced that Linux will be installed on more than 1,100 machines in 250 stores. IBM announced a partnership with a small Red Hat to ensure that the small Red Hat operated correctly on the IBM machine. Bruce peens resigned from the Open Source Initiative organization because of the differences defined by "Free Software". Italian text version of Prosa Debian GNU / Linux released. SGI releases GLX extension code. The first LinuxWorld Conference in March is open in San Jose, symbolizing the arrival of Linux era. On March 2, Debian 2.1 was not held as scheduled. On LinuxWorld media, GNOME 1.0 has become a hot spot. There is a message says that Sun will have a condition to publish Solaris source code. Digital Creations offers sponsorship, and AMOS Latteier has started. Troll Tech Announces Opera Browser Plan to Linux. Linux Magazine magazine powder debut. VA Research and Intel cooperate to port Linux to the Intel Merced processor while Intel is directly invested by VA. Red Hat launches the Linux portal site. VA Research bought a Linux.com domain name with $ 1 million. Dell starts to bundle the services provided by Linuxcare for its linux system. Both IBM, Compaq, Oracle and Novell announced investment in a small red cap. Nuclear 2.2.3 release. On the 9th, Debian 2.1 is released. Cendant announces the application of Linux systems in 4000 hotels. Qt General License 1.0 release, causing controversy about the openness of the source code.
Corel announces that you will release your own Linux distribution and push it to the market. Apple announces that its operating system non-core part will use the "Open Source" mode. CEBIT 99 opened in Germany, KDE obtained the annual software innovation prize, Linux community won the "Focus" award, and SAP announced that its R / 3 ERP system will support Linux. MTI Buy 20% Caldera Systems stock. The VA Research is busy, and part of the production commissioning third party. SAP quotes small red cap. The beautiful virus is global. BlackDown JDK 1.2 pre-issued to Intel and PowerPC platform. On April, the web view held a celebration for the first anniversary of Mozilla. Jamie Zawinski believes that the Mozilla program is a failure and exits from it. Dell investment small red cap, start launching a servers market that pre-loaded the small red cap Linux. The Linux system sold by Dell includes Linuxcare 90-day technical support. Al Gore's presidential campaign site claims to be "open source". ThelinuxStore.com is open, selling low-cost Linux systems. The MINDCRAST research report released, soon became a controversial focus: this study was carried out by Microsoft and conducted Windows NT in Microsoft laboratory, highly evaluated Windows NT, destroy Linux, but found that Linux kernel did exist. Problem. Soon, the kernel amended the kernel. FREES / WAN 1.0 release. Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 is released, which is the first release of Linux 2.2. CORE announces that its Linux distribution will be based on Debian and KDE, which greatly enhances the visibility of the Debian project. Linus Torvald speakers at the Spring Comdex Conference. SUSE 6.1 is released. Linuxnewbie.org for Linux newbie service issued the EGCS Project Committee became GCC maintenance, from this free software, an unfamiliar split end. Python 1.5.2 is released. KDE 1.1.1 beta release. HP provides 24x7 support services for Caldera, Turbolinux, Red Hat, and SUSE. VA Research acquired Linux Hardware Solutions. Red Hat 6.0 is released, and it is also based on the 2.2 core, but lags behind OpenLinux 2.2. Ultrasparc has come to the end, and each functionality of its functionality is there. Cygnus announces an open source Java compiler, and it is said that the IBM just transplanted to Win32 will also be ported to Linux. The first international operating system survey ended, 1400,000 hosts, 31.3% running Linux. Mindcraft rolls of Mindcraft, announced that NT and Linux were tested with public standards. This test, and understanding Linux can participate. GUIDO VAN ROSSUM and DONALD BECKER receive programming elite awards issued by Dr. Dobbs Journal. WU-FTPD leads to a time network security issue disaster, but many patchs have emerged soon. Creative Technologies Releases the beta SB Live driver. The program is very bad because there is no open source and can't fix it in time. Linus writes a new USB driver and implants its 2.2.7 kernel. This is surprised by members of the UUSBD project group, while Linux has indeed greatly enhanced support for USB. Definite Linux 6.0 is released. TCL 8.1 is released. KDE 1.1.1 released. Rebel.com became a new name of Hardware Computing Canada, which purchased Corel's NetWinder department.
The judgment of the Ninth Tour Tribunal, the restriction of the export of encryption algorithm violates the US Constitution. Kernel 2.2.8 launched at the beginning of 2.3.0 R & D began. The DEBIAN Japanese project group launched Japanese Debian 2.1. TurboLinux announced that the high-performance Linux cluster will be available. Sun Microsystems Announces Linux code compatible with Solaris X86. Linuxhq is finally purchased by Linux.org and renamed kernelnotes.org. Two open source exchange sites: SourceXchange and cosource.com are also open to open source project group members at the same time. Oreilly publishes Open Source online: The voice from the open source revolution, which contains the essence viewpoint from Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Michael Tiemann, Larry Wall, and Bruce Perens. Institute of Mathematics in the University of Stockholm awarded a Ph.D. in Linus Torvalds. Linux.com is newly opened. Pacific Hitech is renamed TurboLinux. VA Research is renamed VA Linux Systems. SGI announced the XFS file system to Linux. VA Linux Systems hires kernel hacker TED TSO. Slackware 4.0 release. Corels WordPerfect for Linux Downloads Break through 1 million. Linuxtoday initiates Linuxpr.com, which is a professional Linux related media publishing site. Havoc Pennington's weekly GNOME R & D summary is introduced. Safe Linux distribution project is introduced, while 3 related items were born: SecureLinux, Khaos Linux and Bastille Linux. Linux-Mandrake 6.0 is released. Linux Counter exceeded 100,000 visits on May 26. June Red Hat submits IPO applications, spokesperson Melissa London refuses to comment on IPO. Microsoft takes the first step to open R & D and signing the AntiveState under Artistic License License Agreement. LinuxDev.net is open, bringing news for Linux R & D staff. The DEBIAN organization announced the new logo. The first Philippine Linux 99 was held in the Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City. Linux Professional Institute announced corporate sponsors, including Linuxcare, IBM, Macmillan USA, Computing McGraw-Hill, Linux Journal, New Riders Publishing and SuSE, Caldera and New Wave Technology. Australia open source forum held in Melbourne. 2.2 The kernel has a remote denial service problem, and the ALAN COX fixes the kernel within a few hours. Carsten Rasterman Haitzler went to VA Linux Systems from Red Hat. Sun Microsystems release high performance cluster tools under the Sun Community Source Code Protocol. Guylhem aznar take over Linux file system project. Since the US Patent Trademark is unwilling, Open Source is stranded as a trademark plan. VA Linux Systems hired Jon Maddoghall from Compaq. LinuxppC 5.0 is released. PostgreSQL V6.5 is released, its new performance includes high performance locking mechanisms and hot spare. VA Linux Systems Board members include Eric Raymond, Eric Raymond, and an informal spokesperson for open source sports.
Linux EXPO 99 Paris Conference was held. Eric raymond made a speech in Microsoft. VA Linux Systems Gets investment from Intel, SGI, Lehman Brothers, and Sumitomo Corporation. Hewlett-Packard releases a Linux-based workstation. Eric raymond published this article in the "Super Magic Furnace" is a series of three in series. The first article is "Church and Market" Mindcraft Betmark is executed under the consent of Linux experts, NT still wins, but Linux The problem is soon repaired. Andover.net acquires Slashdot.net. TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 is released. The Apache Software Foundation was established. Qt 2.0 released. Linuxtag 99 was held in Kaiserslautern University. Alan Cox initiates Linux Portaloo. Sun Releases JDK 1.2.2. IBM releases its own version, SUN JDK 1.1.6 for Linux, which contains real-time compilation technology. Another Perl negotiation will be held in Carnegie-Mellon University. NVIDIA releases an open source driver for its chipset. Matrox is a specification for its G400 chipset set. In July, Lotus announced that he will transplant Domino to Linux. The Debian project group was published in September to discuss temporary freezes. Midgard 1.1 released. Australia Linux users will be held in Melbourne to publish stock issuance programs, and Linux R & D staff can buy Red Hat stocks in IPO prices. Oracle launched Oracle8i for Linux, which arouses thousands of waves in the industry. Caldera thin client has lineo; focus from DR-DOS to OpenLinux embedded EmbedDix. DataQuest predicts Linux will be 25% of the service area application sales share in 2003, and the Netscape application server will no longer facing Linux. . Ottawa Linux seminars were held. IBM launches Linux support service, which is not repeatedly returned from the history of Linux that does not support service. IBM releases Linux DB2. VA Linux systems launches Linux Support. TurboLinux claims to have sales in Japan more than Windows. SGI released Linux-based server 1400L and established partnerships with Red Hat, and participated in kernel development. Eric raymond launched a new version "Cathedral and Market", OREILLY publishing. Mandrakesoft hired KDE hacker David Faure to develop Koffice. Red Hat Releases GNOME update, 30% of Red Hat 6.0 users have adopted updates. The second LinuxWorld Conference and Expo opened in San Jose. Red Hat stock issued, and the issuance date is closed at $ 50 per share. IBM joins TRILLIAN project, which places Linux to the IA-64 (MERCED, ITANIUM) processor. Microsoft Tests Windows 2000 System Security Online, and it is broken several times within one day. Stable kernel 2.2.11 release, Linus transfers 2.2 kernel work to Alan Cox. Linus complains that ISDN patches are not available, and 2.4 kernel will apply ISDN. Definite Linux 6.1 is released. Motorola announced the establishment of partnerships with Lineo to carry out R & D, support and services of Linux embedded systems. LWN.NET opens up a Linux stock column. FreshMeat.net acquires Andover.net. RAID 0.90 is fused into the 2.2.12 patch, followed by rejection from various considerations.
Andrea Arcangeli and Gerhard Wichert announced that Linux supported on the 32-bit Intel system to reach 4G. ATIPA Linux Solutions builds 200 nodes Beowulf clusters for Motorola for semiconductor modeling and development. Genetic Programming, INC publishing a Beowulf system for genetic programming of 1000 nodes. Corel and Rebel.com donated a group of NetWinder systems to the United Nations Development Agency. AXA Innovation Fund Investment Mandrakesoft. Red Hat and Caldera Systems Release Not "System No 2000 Problem". The SGI adds a rounded lock measurement code in the Linux kernel. TED Nelson finally published Xanadu to the world in the form of open source. Midgard 1.2 Releases SourceXchange first batch release RFPs, all from HP. Red Hat and the Japanese ITSUBSHI research company disconnected relationship, announced its own Japanese distribution board; ITSUTSUBASHI released the Laser5 version, compete with Xiao Hongda Company. Old Open Source Conference was held in CA's Monterey. The new FTP security problem causes the online trap rebirth. SUN acquires StardiVision and launches Staroffice under the Sun Community Source Protocol. Cryptix pure sun company Java encrypted extension release. September SGI launched a graphical research and development environment JESSIE. Zope 2.0 is released. The first Linux stock arrogant, the APPLIX issuance is twice as the original, reaching 27 million shares. HPTI gets contracts to the US government with Linux clusters, which is the first big victory of Linux in a highly competitive government project. BIND 8.2 During the release process, the system has no open source, which has aroused disputes, and later solved. The SCO's propaganda brochure in the Northern Europe: Linux is not enough to meet the needs of enterprise operations, safety, it is just a computer professional student toys rather than a serious operating system; Linux is essentially a completely free of play, No company and individuals are responsible. "PROFTPD security problem makes the network extreme fragile. Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 released. GNU Privacy Guard (GNUPG) 1.0 release. GNUPG is a free PGP encrypted program. Gateway starts to supply pre-installed Linux servers. Burlington clothing factory Small Red Hat Buy Support Service .. Red Hat stock price rises to $ 135 / shares, the price is high. Caldera systems released the Lizard installer source code. Pluto Meeting 99 opened in Padua, Italy, including kernel hacker Andrea Arcangeli. Channel One GmbH registered in Germany The Linux trademark but quickly on a sarcasm. IBM is installed on the ThinkPad 600E laptop, although the installation process is very difficult and the installation parts are not successfully installed. Debian 2.1r3 is released, only bugs and security Patch. R & D Core 2.3.18 released, integrated PCMCIA driver, which is originally released separately. Corel will test it, but the test protocol violates GPL terms. Cobalt networks is released. IPO application, raising approximately $ 23 million. Linux demonstrations in the world. EXT3 released the Linux log system to make a reality. Linux-Mandrake 6.1 release. Andover.net Submit IPO application.
LINUXONE submits IPO application, this time IPO is surprising: First, few people have heard of Linuxone, secondly, this company has no product, no income, no guarantee, only a few months. Netcraft said the British royal site is running on Linux systems. The Inline System Conference is in San Jose, and Linux becomes a focus. Cygnus will launch EL / IX at a meeting. PC Week proposed a challenge to Linux system attack. Linux system was broken, but the problem was that the third-party CGI program is not in Linux itself: PC Week does not update the Linux system. VA Linux systems announced a new professional service team. LINUS Torvald was awarded by the University of Stockholm. LinuxWorld Conference and Expo opens in Tokyo. BlackDown breaks JDK1.2 to Linux transplant, and the stable version is expected to be launched. Two open source GPL e-commerce applications OpenSales and YAMS are released. Open Source Practice Management Summit is held in Toronto, which provides sponsorship by Minoru Development Corporation. LinuxppC 1999 Q3 released. In October Sun Microsystems announced that it will open Solaris code under the Sun Community Source Protocol. Microsoft launches "Linux Myths" to fully attack Linux. SSH 1.1.12 is not like a later version, which is released under the free agreement, and the Born OpenSSH project is designed to remove the patent algorithm, develop the true free security shell. Definite Linux 7.0 is released. SCO investment Linux Mall. Red Hat Linux 6.1 is released. TurboLinux got investments from Intel, Broadview Associates, and August Capital, and acquired a contract of 20,000 sets of systems in Japanese clinics. Atlanta Linux show opened. The LWN Penguin Exhibition Room is built, and more than 200 penguins are now exhibited. VA Linux, OREILLY, and SGI sponsored DEBIAN "box" products. Bruce (Perens) 2.0 release. The second KDE R & D personnel negotiate will open in Germany Erlangen. VA Linux systems submits an IPO program. Bob Young New Book "Red Cyclone" is published by Coriolis. Cobalt NetWorks and Gateway reach an agreement, Gateway becomes a Cobalt server distributor. Internet.com acquires Linuxtoday, the co-operator Dave Whitinger leaves. October GNOME is launched, with a number of patching or updated procedures. Motorola Investment Lineo. Red Hat and Compaq signed a mutual benefit support protocol. WU-ftpd has led to more security vulnerabilities in Linux systems. IBM publishes JVM for Linux JDK 1.1.8, saying that its performance is better than in NT. Sun is pre-announced in advance with Java 2-oriented JVM. The FreeGIS project is announced to facilitate the development and use of more free geographic information system software. The Grass GIS system is released under the GPL terms. LinuxDevices.com for Linux embedded systems. In November, Corel and PC Chips signed an agreement, which will bundle 20 million Corel Linux distributions with the motherboard with PC Chips in 2000. Linux DVD R & D staff cracks the DVD encryption format, which proves that the DVD encryption format is very bad, and the encryption of the closed source code is an error. Ingo Molnar improvements in the 2.3 core make Linux support 64G memory under the 32-bit Intel processor.
Debian "Potato" freezes will continue until November 7. Slackware 7 is released, the previous version number is 4, this jump is to adapt to the market needs. Creative Technology Launches the SB Live Sound Card Driver under the GPL Terms. Red Hat establishes an open source Red Hat center, which is a non-profit organization, which is designed to promote open source principles, sponsorship, support and extensive scientific research and education projects based on public interest. Linux-India is prominent in IT.com 99 - a Indian focus meeting. Red Hat announced that the new distribution is jointly launched with Oracle, which contains Motif. Microsoft ruled a monopoly by the US local court. The survey shows that Linux has not pose a threat to Microsoft. SGI releases a new kernel mechanism: kernel crash garbage analyzer. R & D staff from NameSys released a new version of the log system REISERFS, so Linux has two sets of log systems. Debian "Potato" frozen push to January 15, 2000. The startup disk problem is the reason for delay. Kondara Japanese MNU / Linux 1.0 is released, this release is based on Red Hat Raw Hide. Cobalt NetWorks is listed, and the stock price rises to $ 130 / shares, almost 6 times ($ 22 / shares), and the stock market is strongly optimistic about Linux. The Comdex Linux Expo opened in the casino, the visitors were endless, many of whom saw Linux for the first time. Corel first launched a Linux distribution in the Comdex Linux Expo. Linux Professional Institute held the first professional Linux authentication test. SUSE 6.3 will be launched in December. Mozilla Milestone 11 is released, this open source browser finally has a little availability. OREILLY Publishing "Samba Usage Guide" and is adopted by the Samba project group, this book is released in Open Content License. Sybase announces support for Zope development. Red Hat acquired Cygnus at 700 million share prices, Red Hat's mergers and acquisitions seem to start. VA Linux Systems sells stock issuance of $ 11-13 / shares. VA Linux Systems and SUSE build R & D partnerships. Supercomputing 99 opening, Linux is also the focus of the conference. The XFree86 project group adds X.org as an honorary member. Linux documentation has a new logo, new web, new document, and ability to work with DocBook format. ET-Linux 1.2 is published by PROSA. Real-Time Linux 2.0 is released. VA Linux Systems Announced Dialing Matches, which allows Linux R & D personnel to purchase some stocks in VA Linux in the initial price. SUSE has gained investment from Intel and APAX Partners. BlackDown's JDK 1.2.2 and JDK 1.1.8 are expected to be released in the month. Sun Recruitment Supports programmers apps to Java on Linux platforms. The GIMP User Guide is released, and the online can be obtained, and the Coriolis is published in the form of books. SUSE funded ALSA professional team was established to develop a high-end Linux sound system in December. Andover.net is issued at $ 18 / shares, and the closing price exceeds $ 60. This is regarded as the common victory of Andover.net and OpenIPO. VA Linux SYSTEMS is re-priced twice, the next day, issued a price of $ 30 / shares, the stock price rose rapidly and breaks through $ 300 / shares, the same day with a $ 250 / share, this is a new record of Nasdaq IPO. LINUX stock heat wave in any stock with Linux.
Linux core 2.3.30 is released, including support for NUMA systems. NUMA is an important technology in large-scale multi-processor system applications. Sun publishing Java 2 applications for Linux, SUN ignores BlackDown's merits in the release, causing many people's unhappiness. SUSE 6.3. Zope 2.1.1 released. DELL announced that the entire line PowerEdge server provides Linux, and the Dell system includes 90 days Red Hat Technical Support Services. The OREILLY network starts. Matra DataVision releases Cascade under the open source protocol. Cascade is mainly used for geometric modeling; Matra DataVision claims to be 75 million for Cascade, and the protocol adopted is quite similar to GPL. Miguel DE ICAZA is awarded FSF Free Software Award because of his work in the Gnome project. Bastille Linux 1.0.0 is published to introduce a highly secure and reliable distribution. The test kernel 2.3.33 was released. Zack Brown initiates kernel journals to become the authority source of kernel information. Red Hat acquires German release version DELIX. Debian 2.1R4 releases, fixes some security and 2000 issues. LINUX-MANDRAKE 6.1 has no 2000 issue certified. Storm Linux 2000 Releases KDE 2.0 Unstable Preview KRASH Publishing. Zope and Mozilla build partnerships. HP is designed to provide network services, and the service is found, integrated, and no need for prior agreement, this time the E-SPEAK beta will be introduced. XYBERNAUT releases a durable and stable Linux system. Linuxcare acquires Puffin Group, PROSA, and Cheek Consulting and gets 32.5 million venture capital. Caldera, Red Hat, SUSE, and TurboLinux joined the Trillian project. Bruce Peens became president of Linux Capital Group, which is a company with venture capital. Applix acquired cosource.com once established in a week. The Legislative Branch of the Brazilian Legislative Council must use open source software. Red Hat announced a demolition plan. Eric Raymond starts writing "UNIX programming art" SUN exits from the establishment of the Java standard with European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA), refuses to submit the key document. Sun once again announced the launch of Linux-based Java 2, while disclosing is working with Inprise to launch JDK 1.2.2. This movement makes the BlackDown organization quite uneasy. Soon BlackDown also announced the launch of JDK 1.2.2 RC3, just a year ago, Sun's JDK 1.2 is available. GIMP 1.1 enters the final test, 1.2 Stabilization Estimation is issued in early 2000. Mozilla M12 released, almost reached the Alpha phase of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 in the form of a beta version, with a security level setting tool that can be configured by the user. Gnupc.com started, they did not pre-load Linux in the system, reverse, with the system attached 7 issues. Eric Raymond's "Unix Programming Art" is writing, this is a book on how to program it in a UNIX environment. Richard Stallman called sanctions amazon.com. Real-time Linux studio launched in Vienna. The DVD Copy Control Association submits an allegation for 72 defendants. The defendant has participated in the DVD encryption format reverse engineering, and some or less is related to the crack of the DVD format. 1999 Debian GNU / Linux Major Events.
TimelineApr 1991Linus Torvalds, then 21 starts working on some simple ideas for a operating-system Starting with a task-switcher in 386-assembly and a terminal-driver.25 Aug 1991Linus posts to comp.os.minix:. I'm doing a (free) Operating System (Just A Hobby, Won't Be Big and Professional Like GNU) for 386 (486) At Clones. this has been brewing sincers. I'd like a name feedback on victil people like / dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). I've currently ported bash (1.08) and gcc (1.40), and things Seem to work. this Implies That I'll Get Something Practical Withnin A Few Months [...] YES - It's Free of any Minix Code, And It Has A Multi-Threaded Fs. It is not proteprable (Usess 386 Task Switching ETC) ), And it probably never sales other than at-harddisks, as what's all i Have :-(. [...] it's most in c, but motö w... It uses every conceivable feature of the 386 I could find, as it was also a project to teach me about the 386. As already mentioned, it uses a MMU, for both paging (not to disk yet) and segmentation. It's the segmentation that Makes It Really 386 Dependnt (Every Task Has A 64MB Segment for Code &
