Notes from the 2007 10-year anniversary...
Updated on the 2022 25 year anniversary...

History of "linux_logo"

When I first hacked up linux_logo 10 years ago, I never expected it to become my most famous program. Nor did I probably expect I'd still be maintaining it in the far-flung year of 2007.

For the overly bored or nostalgic, I've brought together some links from that magical summer of 1997.

The package for linux_logo-0.1.tar.gz.
The first mention on comp.os.linux.announce
My announcement of version 0.2 on the linux-kernel list.
The flame-war linux_logo was written in response to.

Later linux_logo developments:

An attempt to get linux_logo into the kernel anyway

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