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Re: Linux had that first

heiowge — Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:17 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:17 pm

Just bought the mag.

Thanks for the credit. Look forward to reading the article.

Re: Linux had that first

heiowge — Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:43 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:43 pm

...looks like they might be doing this article next issue!

Re: Linux had that first

nelz — Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:25 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:25 am

There's a 96 bit distro on DVD155, that will have to do you for now.

Re: Linux had that first

Bruno — Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:19 am

Author: Bruno

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:19 am

You'll want distros compiled as ternaries next

Re: Linux had that first

wyliecoyoteuk — Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:08 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:08 pm

Why are there no 128 bit distros on the cover disks?
The world is out there.

Re: Linux had that first

nelz — Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:49 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:49 pm

Or is it that you haven't caught up with the cover discs?

Re: Re : Linux Firsts

towy71 — Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:20 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:20 pm

Nuke wrote:

And yet even now the LXF cover disks have yet to catch up with it

shaddup your face

Re : Linux Firsts

Nuke — Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:05 pm

Author: Nuke

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:05 pm

64 bit processing, several years before Windows.

It reflects the fact that the marketing droids never made much of 64-bit processing - if they had then Windows would have been much earlier with it and trumpeting the fact.

And yet even now the LXF cover disks have yet to catch up with it

Re: Linux had that first

nelz — Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:08 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:08 pm

AmigaOS had pre-emptive multitasking many years before Linux even started.

Re: Linux had that first

godofthedevil — Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:44 am

Author: godofthedevil

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:44 am

Quote:

Dr evil:
he used to make outlandish claims like he invented the question mark

Linux had multtasking first.. and what did windows come with that.. the "switch user" box

Re: Linux had that first

wyliecoyoteuk — Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:20 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:20 pm

Didn't Linux fans coin the word "Windoze"

Re: Linux had that first

heiowge — Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:09 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:09 am

External_Floppy wrote:

Let Apple keep the 'rectangle', we'll stick with the 'oblong'.

As a maths teacher I banned the word "oblong" from my classroom. Kids couldn't tell whether it meant rectangle or cuboid.

Re: Linux had that first

Rhakios — Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:59 am

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:59 am

Oh well! wrote:

But . .. hang on a minute. Didn't Apple invent the rectangle!

Only if they bought the IP-rights from Euclid.

Re: Linux had that first

External_Floppy — Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:56 pm

Author: External_Floppy

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:56 pm

Quote:

I like that idea. But . .. hang on a minute. Didn't Apple invent the rectangle! Linux ain't beating that. (Or was it all just in the weird imagination of Apple's legal department?)

Let Apple keep the 'rectangle', we'll stick with the 'oblong'.

Re: Linux had that first

nelz — Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:02 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:02 pm

I know your game. You'll wait until LXF publishes such an article then claim that you thought of it first and start a patent suit