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To: dybdahl who wrote (63810)	12/19/2001 5:26:12 PM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 74651

If you want to know how fast Linux evolution goes, here is a timeline for year 2001: lwn.net In short: - The year started with the Linux 2.2 kernel and ended with 2.4.16 and 2.5.1. The speed increase is very significant without any increased resource usage. - Journalling filesystems enter the scene: ext3, ReiserFS get into the kernel, SGI XFS and IBM JFS for Linux both reach version 1.0. Additionally to these, Linux already has ext2, FAT, VFAT, NTFS, HPFS, CDFS (Joliet, Rockridge and plain ISO9660) a flashcard file system, and also got other file systems added during 2001. - Gnome becomes standard HP desktop and is released in version 1.4 and 2.0 beta. HP selected Debian as development platform for Linux software. HP releases official, open source printer drivers for Linux. - KDE 2.1 and 2.2.1 are released, both setting new levels for desktop UI on Linux. Konqueror becomes a browser of choice for many KDE users. - Nautilus 1.0 is released - a Gnome UI improvement designed by those who also designed the Macintosh. Galeon 1.0 is released - the preferred browser for many Gnome users. Evolution 1.0 is released - an Outlook clone that can connect to a Microsoft Exchange server. - Borland Kylix is released in version 1, later same year in version 2. - Red Hat Network services begin to become a commercial service and is very successful at that. - Red Hat Linux 7.1 and Red Hat Linux 7.2 are released. - SuSE Linux 7.1, SuSE Linux 7.2 and SuSE Linux 7.3 are released. - Linux for Playstation 2 is announced, then marketed in Japan, sold out in 8 minutes (!) and then marketed in USA. - The number of commercially available Linux applications goes beyond 2300. I just saw an old book about how to use Linux. It was written in November 2000 and covered Red Hat Linux 6.0. Since that book was written, Red Hat has released version 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2. This is how fast the Linux world evolves, and next year it might evolve even faster.