Jurix
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| Developer | Florian La Roche |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Initial release | 1993 |
| Final release | with kernel 2.0.36 / November 17, 1998 |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Official website | linux |
Jurix was an early Linux distribution created by Florian La Roche, a former employee of the legal department at Saarland University. The distribution was maintained between 1993 and 1999[1] and hosted on the now-defunct "jurix.jura.uni-sb.de" and "susix.jura.uni-sb.de" domains.
In 1996, jurix superseded Slackware as a base for SuSE Linux.[2]
The name "jurix" was borrowed from the department's first HTTP server, named by Alexander Sigel.[3] It is not known whether the name was taken from the nearby Dutch law and IT organisation JURIX, or simply a portmanteau of "Jura" (meaning "law" in German) and "Unix".
A readme from 1999 touts the following software, among others:[4]
- modularized kernel 2.0.37 and 2.2.10
- libc 5.4.46
- egcs 1.1.2
- ncurses 4.2-980822
- shadow passwords
- XFree86 3.3.3.1
- KDE 1.1.1
References[edit]
- ^ "History of Jurix". linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de. Technische Universität Darmstadt. 1999. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ "Archive:S.u.S.E. Linux 4.2". openSUSE. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ "Geschichte des Internetprojekts" (in German). Saarland University. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ La Roche, Florian (1999-02-26). "jurix Linux readme". Technische Universität Darmstadt. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
