Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X
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Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, or LGX (pronounced igg-drah-sill), is an early Linux distribution developed by Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated, a company founded by Adam J. Richter in Berkeley, California.
OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
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Working state | Obsolete |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | December 8, 1992; 31 years ago (1992-12-08) |
Platforms | IA-32 |
Kernel type | Linux kernel |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | FVWM |
License | GNU GPL |
Yggdrasil was the first company to create a live CD Linux distribution.[1] Yggdrasil Linux described itself as a "Plug-and-Play" Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware.
Yggdrasil is the World Tree of Norse mythology. The name was chosen because Yggdrasil took disparate pieces of software and assembled them into a complete product. Yggdrasil's company motto was "Free Software For The Rest of Us".[2]
Yggdrasil is compliant with the Unix Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.[3]