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>1.1. A Brief History of GNU/Linux</H1
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>In the early 90's GNU/Linux systems consisted of little more than a
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beta-quality Linux kernel and a small collection of software ported from
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the GNU project. It was a true hacker's operating system. There were no
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CD-ROM's or GUI installation tools; everything had to be compiled and
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configured by the end user. Being a Linux Expert meant knowing your system
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inside and out.</P
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>Toward the middle of the decade several GNU/Linux distributions
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began appearing. One of the first was <A
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>Slackware</A
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there have been many others. Even though there are many "flavors" of Linux
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today, the main purpose of the distribution remains the same. The
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distribution automates many of the tasks involved in GNU/Linux
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installation and configuration taking the burden off of the system
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administrator. Being a Linux Expert now means knowing which button to
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click in the GUI administration tool.</P
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>Recently there has been a yearn for a return to the "good old days"
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of Linux when men were men, sysadmins were hardcore geeks and everything
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was compiled from source code. A notable indication of this movement was
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the publication of the Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO version 1.0 by Gerard
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Beekmans in 1999. Being a Linux Expert once again means knowing how to do
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it yourself.</P
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>For more historical information, see Ragib Hasan's "History of
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Linux" at <A
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