> > "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
Well i can most certainly vouch for this. Alien's Alcove was probably the
most unique BBS during those days. In fact i would think it was the first
to be using Linux!
> 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?
Oh yes i do. Such were the days when one was _actually_ happy to get a
connect speed of 2400 over the voice-grade-only analog PLDT lines. Robby
if you don't know yet is (and has been) with Sky Internet ever since its
start-up - practically created it from the ground up!
Sigh. My age shows. Better shut up now. \8|
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