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Ä Area: PD, commercial, shareware discussion (Fido) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Msg#: 33 Date: 26 Mar 95 19:20:00
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From: Thomas Mcwilliams Read: Yes Replied: No
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To: All Mark: Save
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Subj: Linux '95 Released
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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@MSGID: 1:109/615.0 2f7604b0
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For Immediate Release
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VERSION 1.2 OF LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM RELEASED
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HELSINKI, Finland -- March 8, 1995 -- Linus Torvalds today announced the
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release of version 1.2 of the popular Linux operating system.
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Linux V1.2 is the most cost-effective way to turn a PC into a
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professional Unix workstation, to set up a private node on the Internet,
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or to provide a stable low-cost server platform for institutional
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networks. Since the release of Linux V1.0 on March 14, 1994, Linux has
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grown in size to an installed base of over 500,000 machines in personal,
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educational, and commercial settings. It is regularly used in scientific
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workstations, to provide network services, as a business computing
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platform, as a software development platform and environment, and for
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personal computing.
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All of the software needed to build a stable, full-featured Unix
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environment around the Linux kernel is freely available, including all
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standard Unix utilities, XFree86 X Window System, GCC ANSI C/C++
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compiler, a full suite of networking software, advanced text-processing
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tools, the emacs editor and more. Over a thousand applications have been
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written for or ported to Linux. Additional software allows Linux to run
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DOS and SCO Unix applications, as well as to share resources, such as
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disks and printers with Microsoft's Windows for Workgroups, DOS platforms
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and Macintoshes, making Linux ideal for all "mission critical"
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applications in mixed-OS environments.
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Linux is a full-featured Unix operating system for PCs (386 or higher)
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which supports true multitasking, 32-bit virtual memory, shared libraries
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and executables, demand paging, advanced memory management, dynamically
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linked libraries and TCP/IP networking. Linux V1.2 adds to this list:
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performance enhancements, loadable kernel modules, increased portability,
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support for many more peripherals, PCI support, PCMCIA support, EIDE
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support, an increasing variety of network protocols, support for
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ELF-format binaries, and more.
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Linux V1.2 is free software developed by Linus Torvalds along with an
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international development team; it is distributed under the terms of the
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GNU General Public License. No licensing fees are required to use Linux,
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and the source code is freely available to all developers and users,
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which speeds up the pace of development and finds and corrects problems
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quickly. This unique development effort has produced a product which can
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compete with the multi-million dollar efforts of commercial OS providers.
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Many companies have adopted Linux as their development platform of choice
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or make money selling and supporting Linux and Linux-related products.
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Russell Nelson, President of Crynwr Software, had this to say: "We use
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Linux for all our mission-critical applications. Having the source code
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means that we're not held hostage by anyone's support department."
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Linux was honored with the prestigious "Outstanding Product Award" for
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1994 by Unix Review magazine in the December issue. And Linux author
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Linus Torvalds was honored with the "Excellence In Programming Award
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1995" by Dr. Dobbs Journal in the March issue. Recognition of his
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outstanding achievement is software development was measured by "the
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principles of openness, cooperation, and technical superiority."
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Linux V1.2 is currently being ported to the DEC Alpha (with full 64-bit
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support), MIPS, Motorola 68000 family and Sparc platforms.
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Linux V1.2 is available at no cost by anonymous FTP and on many BBSs, and
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is sold by several CD-ROM vendors. For more information on Linux,
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contact Linux International on the World Wide Web at
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http://www.linux.org/ or get the Linux Frequently Asked Questions list by
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anonymous ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu in the /pub/linux/docs/linux-faq
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directory or sunsite.unc.edu in the /pub/Linux/docs/faqs directory.
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=========================================================================
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[ Linux is available in CD-Rom for $25 from Info-magic 1-602-526-9565 ]
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Unix is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries
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of X/Open Company, Ltd. Linux is NOT a licensee of X/Open Company, Ltd;
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the term Unix is used in its general descriptive sense in this document.
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Windows and Windows for Workgroups are registered trademarks in the
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United States and other countries of Microsoft Corp.
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DEC Alpha is a registered trademark in the United States and other
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countries of Digital Equipment Corp.
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SCO is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries of
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Santa Cruz Operation.
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Macintosh is a registered trademark in the United States and other
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countries of Apple Computer.
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XFree86 is a trademark in the United States and other countries of the
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XFree86 Project, Inc.
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