Please reply to me in private email instead of replying to the mailing list. Thank you very much. How did Linux arrive in the Philippines? and when? Prevalent thought is that Jonathan Marsden of FEBNews, and now with xc.org, first brought Linux into the country in 1992 and that this was the first case of Linux being brought on our shores. His "lunchbox" as he called his laptop, was possibly the first Linux box in the Philippines. He had been importing the comp.os.linux newsgroups from abroad via dialup into his BBS back then and was gracious enough to let other BBSers have access to these forums (read-only). Of course, there may have been other routes, but these were either not publicized or documented. I really wonder though, because for many people at the time, Linux was just a toy operating system. You could hardly do anything useful with it. So why would anyone bother? Despite this, many of us took the plunge and risked data loss and installed Linux. :) Now, if you know otherwise, and would like to correct this notion, please send me email in private and we can discuss your take on the matter. I seriously want to trace the beginnings of Linux here so that my presentation in the upcoming Linux 10th anniversary event is as factual as possible. Now, if you don't have any idea about the early days, don't worry. I would love to hear from you about your personal experience with Linux and how you first got into our wacky world of free software and open source software. ___ eric pareja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ~-=[O]=-~ Here, have a clue. Get the picture. \@/ PGP key at http://gra.ph/~xenos/xenos.pgp <|PLUG|> http://gra.ph v "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." - Lady Galadriel in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
