Zeon@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoThe lead singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, could've heard about the GNU/Linux operating system.message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down115
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareThe lead singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, could've heard about the GNU/Linux operating system.Zeon@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 day agoCobain died in April 1994. The first Slackware Linux release was in July 1993. Debian Linux¹ 0.9 came out in January 1994; SuSE Linux launched in March 1994. So yes, Kurt could have used Linux. But he probably would have had to install it from floppies. ¹ It wasn’t called Debian GNU/Linux until later; see the 1994 revision of the Debian Linux Manifesto.
Cobain died in April 1994.
The first Slackware Linux release was in July 1993. Debian Linux¹ 0.9 came out in January 1994; SuSE Linux launched in March 1994.
So yes, Kurt could have used Linux.
But he probably would have had to install it from floppies.
¹ It wasn’t called Debian GNU/Linux until later; see the 1994 revision of the Debian Linux Manifesto.
Floppy disks💀