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GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by fredoralive »

pipeline_peak wrote: post #8

Why does this Gnome beta preview have TWM windowing? Was the Gnome kind not available yet?

The article notes Gnome didn't have it's own window manager yet.

I'm slightly surprised it's using TWM, rather than something like FVWM95, I'm sure I used an ancient version of Red Hat that used that, but it might be the author's preference.

(Edit: another poster says FVWM95 was the release after this...)

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by giantrobot »

pipeline_peak wrote: post #8

Why does this Gnome beta preview have TWM windowing? Was the Gnome kind not available yet?

IIRC on this version of Red Hat TWM was the default window manager installed. FVWM, WindowMaker, and maybe Enlightenment shipped on the disc. Again IIRC the next version (5.2) used FVWM95 by default. Maybe 6.0 shipped with FVWM95 by default. It's been a minute.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by innerHTML »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #2

Red Hat Linux on the family PC in the 90's changed the course of my life.

can I ask how it has changed the course of your life?

I've deen daily driving Ubuntu with KDE for about 2 years now. it's been great and I've had a lot of fun exploring things and learning the GNU tools in particular. I've been interested in contributing to some projects but that hasn't been very accessible so far.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by ottod »

First Linux I bought was Walnut Creek Linux CD-ROM. Second was Redhat. I would still be on Redhat if it were not for IBM and their bad faith source-available interpretation of the GPL. Then I bought Mandrake and used it as long as it was Mandrake and not the thing that became Conectiva. Then I heard about Ubuntu which would mail free CDs anywhere in the world. I was in education back then and my students would ask Ubuntu for CDs for a class I was teaching, and Canonical sent them a cardboard display, flyers, stickers, and about 50 CDs. They watched in class Revolution OS and contacted many of the people on it, which were kind enough to answer them. Those were the times; I'm old, yet still looking for a job because I love the industry.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by natebc »

innerHTML wrote: post #14
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #2

Red Hat Linux on the family PC in the 90's changed the course of my life.

can I ask how it has changed the course of your life? I've deen daily driving Ubuntu with KDE for about 2 years now. it's been great and I've had a lot of fun exploring things and learning the GNU tools in particular. I've been interested in contributing to some projects but that hasn't been very accessible so far.

Not sure about the person you're directly asking but I have a similar sentiment for Red Hat Linux of the era.

I've been a Linux sysadmin since 1999. Every dollar I've paid for food and shelter since has been a direct result of what I learned getting Linux up and running on a PC and dialed up (later connected via Ethernet/Cable Modem) to the internet.

I have no clue what I would have done otherwise. I'd probably be working in Public Health or recently unemployed from the EPA by the Trumps Doge Squad.

Re: GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)

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Post by boredemployee »

There was a game from that Red Hat era that I loved so much, I *think* it was in Red Hat in that same period. It was a really simple adventure game in 2d, you could play in a window after typing/entering startx. But can't remember the name, I was 12 and it seems today like I dreamt about the game lol.

Would appreciate if anyone remembers it!

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