On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, joel realubit wrote:
>
> check out this article:
> http://www.itnetcentral.com/computerworld/article.asp?id=2102&leveli=0&info=
> Computer+World#1
>
> it says there:
>
> "THE first Filipino Linux distribution is now in gamma stage at the labs of
> the Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation..."
>
> uh, i was under the impression that admulinux has been around for quite some
> time now... so how can they claim the article call their feature "the first
> filipino linux distro..."?
from what i understand from the article, the "distro" is a single floppy
based one, or am i wrong? this is a far cry from being a real distribution
like admulinux is. heck, if a single floppy distribution were all there
were to it, then we've had that kind of thing for a long while now.
aside from them claiming to be the first filipino linux distro... they
also claim to have run the first Linux-based BBS in the Philippines! i've
run Alien's Alcove on Linux since the mid-1990's but closed-doors to the
public when i had to move homes. ;) so i figure that i'd have to say
alien's was the first. oh... for the patient and close-to-demented as i
am, you can try "ssh -l bbs gra.ph" or "telnet -l bbs gra.ph" for some old
time fun. if it breaks, email me. :) hey ian, remember our first ytalks
over the modem? is robbie still an IBMer?
xenos
Sysop of Aliens' Alcove! BBS (WWIV, Maximus, Waffle then Linux)
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