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[return to "Open Source Doesn't Require Providing Builds"]

>>mroche+(OP)
I feel like such a greybeard now... I remember when source code was the only way to get software. A pre-built binary? Luxury!

>>_white+p2
You mean that 11 month period between September 1991 when Linux was first released and August 1992 when the SLS distro was released?

>>IshKeb+ra
Open source did not begin with Linux, and the existence of Linux distros did not mean that everything a user wanted had binary packages available.

>>yjftsj+Ky
Ah I misread - thought he said Linux software.

>>IshKeb+Cx1
Fair enough

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