【正文】 ● Linux大事 TOP 100 |Linux 發(fā)展史上的重大事件 TOP 100 100 of the most significant events in Linux history. As part of our 100th issue celebration, we present 100 of the most significant events in Linux history. As shown in the timeline, the first issue of Linux Journal coincided with the release of Linux . Ever since, the fortunes of our magazine have followed those of Linux at large. It’s been a wild eight years, filled with a variety of exciting events. Choosing only 100 was a difficult task, and certainly some readers will be quick to point out events they would have chosen that we did not, but the following manages to maintain the rollercoaster ride that is Linux history. We would like to recognize our indebtedness to Rebecca Sobol and Jonathan Corbet at Linux Weekly News, for allowing us to borrow heavily from the timeline featured on their site and for their accurate and gracious historical editing. August 1991 ``Hello everybody out there using 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 since april, and is starting to get ready. I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the filesystem (due to practical reasons) among other things). I’ve currently ported bash() and gcc(), and things seem to work. This implies that I’ll get something practical within a few months, and I’d like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are wele, but I won’t promise I’ll implement them :) Linus ( PS. Yes it’s free of any minix code, and it has a multithreaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than ATharddisks, as that’s all I have :(.’’ September 1991 Linux version is released and put on the Net. April 1992 The first Linux newsgroup, , is proposed and started by Ari Lemmke. October 1992 Peter MacDonald announces SLS, the first standalone Linux install. At least 10MB of space on disk was remended. June 1993 Slackware, by Patrick Volkerding, bees the first mercial standalone distribution and quickly bees popular within the Linux munity. August 1993 Matt Welsh’s Linux Installation and Getting Started, version 1 is released. This is the first book on Linux. March 1994 The first issue of Linux Journal is published. This issue featured an interview with Linus Torvalds and articles written by Phil Hughes, Robert ``Bob’’ Young, Michael K. Johnson, Arnold Robbins, Matt Welsh, Ian A. Murdock, Frank B. Brokken, K. Kubat, Micahel Kraehe and Bernie Thompson. Advertisers in the premier issue include Algorithms Inc., Amtec Engineering, Basmark, Fintronic (later became VA Research, VA Linux Systems, then...), Infomagic, Prime Time Freeware, Promox, Signum Support, SSC, Trans Ameritech, USENIX, Windsor Tech and Yggdrasil. Linux is released. June 1994 While at a conference in New Orleans, Jon ``maddog’’ Hall persuades Linus to port Linux to DEC’s 64bit Alpha puter processor chip. Less than two weeks later, maddog had also persuaded DEC to fund the project. An Alpha workstation was immediately sent to Linus. ``Digital [DEC] and the Linux munity formed the first truly successful venture of suits and Linux geeks working together’’, said maddog. Linux International, a nonprofit vendor anization, is founded by Jon ``maddog’’ Hall. Linux International goes on to bee a major contributor to the success of Linux, helping corporations and others work toward the promotion of the Linux operating system. August 1994 Linux trademark dispute: is Linux trademarked? William R. Della Croce, Jr. files for the trademark ``Linux’’ on August 15, 1994, and it is registered in September. Della Croce has no known involvement in the Linux munity yet sends letters out to prominent Linux panies demanding money for use of the trademark ``Linux’’. A lawsuit is filed in 1996 against Della Croce. Plaintiffs in the suit include Linus Torvalds。 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. (publishers of Linux Journal)。 Yggdrasil Computing, Inc.。 Linux International。 and WorkGroup Solutions (also known as LinuxMall). The plaintiffs prevail, and in 1997 announce the matter as settled by the assignment of the mark to Linus Torvalds on behalf of all Petitioners and Linux users. September 1994 Linux is first mentioned in the mainstream press. Wired magazine features an article titled ``Kernel Kid’’, by Seth Rosenthal. He writes: ``So, is Linus going to bee the Bill Gates of Finland? Maybe not. He claims to be ‘by no means a good student’ and is in no hurry to graduate since ‘Linux has taken a lot of time from my studies, and I like the work I have at the University which keeps me alive.’’’ Randolph Bentson reports on the world’s first vendorsupported Linux device driver in Linux Journal. Cyclades gave him a multiport serial card in exchange for developing a Linux driver for it. December 1994 A major tradeshow and conference take notice of Linux. Open Systems World features a Linux track, hosted by Linux Journal. Two days of seminars include Eric Youngdale, Donald Becker, Dirk Hohndel, Phil Hughes, Michael K. Johnson and David Wexelblat as speakers. April 1995 Linux Expo, the first Linuxspecific tradeshow and conference series, launches, thanks to the folks at North Carolina State University and in particular, Donnie Barnes. Speakers include Marc Ewing, Rik Faith and Michael K. Johnson, among others. Linux Expo snowballs and bees the most popular and wellattended annual Linux show for the next several years (after three years Red Hat takes over anization and bees the major sponsor). The price for entry into the exhibit hall and a pass to the conferences? $4. January 1997 First ``Linux virus’’ discovered. Called