My Year of the UNIX Desktop started in 1991. But Linux, Coherent and the other "Toy UNIXes" interested me as they developed. I used to put a version of Slackwa

My Year of the UNIX Desktop started in 1991. But Linux, Coherent and the other "Toy UNIXes" interested me as they developed. I used to put a version of Slackware Linux on my Toshiba T5200 * 'portable PC' periodically. Every six months or so, I would look in to see how Linux was doing. Every single time, I was blown away by how far Linux had progressed since my last 'look in'. I especially remember when Linux networking suddenly appeared, full-blown, almost out of no-where. On my desktop, meanwhile, I moved from AT&T UNIX via Novell's Unixware to Sun's Solaris around 1995. Finally, in 2001, I realised "that upstart Linux" was just as useful and full-featured as my current Solaris 8 and threw in the towel. That year, 2001, was my Year of the Linux Desktop. It has remained so for the last 21 years, ever since. * http://laptop.pics/toshiba-t5200100/ http://laptop.pics/toshiba-t5200100/ (Mine had a 200MB hard disk. HUGE!)