[$] Owen Le Blanc: creator of the first Linux distribution

Date:
Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:05:20 +0000

Description:
Ask a Linux enthusiast who created the Linux kernel, and odds are they will have
no trouble naming Linus Torvaldsbut many would be stumped if asked what the first Linux distribution was, and who created it. Some might guess Slackware
, or its predecessor, Softlanding Linux
System (SLS); both were arguably more influential but arrived just a bit
later. The first honest-to-goodness distribution with a proper installer was MCCInterimLinux ,
created by Owen LeBlanc, released publicly in early1992. I recently
reached out to LeBlanc to learn more about his work on the distribution, what he has been doing since, and his thoughts on Linux in2025.

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https://lwn.net/Articles/1017846/


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