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    [–] lemming741@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I too was there for the release of the 2.6 kernel

    [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 1 month ago

    I put off the switch so long because I didn't know what udev was but I understood that it was important.

    [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    Linux 2.6 released in December 2003. Gnome 2.6 released in March of 2004. At that point Linux was truly ready for the desktop and we've just spent the last twenty years waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

    I was alive during that

    Yay

    [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

    IIRC that was the release that cleaned up the make output substantially.