<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
Linux/GNU/X	I-Application
,	O
or	O
LGX	O
(	O
pronounced	O
igg-drah-sill	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
Computing	O
,	O
Incorporated	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
by	O
Adam	O
J	O
.	O
Richter	O
in	O
Berkeley	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
company	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
live	O
CD	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
described	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Plug-and-Play	B-Device
"	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
,	O
automatically	O
configuring	O
itself	O
for	O
the	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
is	O
the	O
World	O
Tree	O
of	O
Norse	O
mythology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
chosen	O
because	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
took	O
disparate	O
pieces	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
assembled	O
them	O
into	O
a	O
complete	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
's	O
company	O
motto	O
was	O
"	O
Free	O
Software	O
For	O
The	O
Rest	O
of	O
Us	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
is	O
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
Unix	O
Filesystem	B-Application
Hierarchy	I-Application
Standard	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
‘	O
bootable	O
Linux/GNU/X	O
-based	O
UNIX(R )	O
clone	O
for	O
PC	O
compatibles’	O
on	O
24	O
November	O
1992	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
on	O
8	O
December	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
alpha	O
release	O
contained	O
the	O
0.98.1	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
v11r5	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
supporting	O
up	O
to	O
1024x768	O
with	O
256	O
colours	O
,	O
various	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
utilities	O
such	O
as	O
their	B-Application
C/C	I-Application
++	I-Application
compiler	I-Application
,	O
the	O
GNU	B-Language
Debugger	I-Language
,	O
bison	B-Application
,	O
flex	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
make	B-Application
,	O
TeX	B-Application
,	O
groff	B-Application
,	O
Ghostscript	B-Language
,	O
the	O
elvis	B-Device
and	O
Emacs	B-Application
editors	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
's	O
alpha	O
release	O
required	O
a	O
386	O
computer	O
with	O
8	O
MB	O
RAM	O
and	O
100	O
MB	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alpha	O
release	O
was	O
missing	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
packages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
elvis	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
LGX	O
's	O
beta	O
release	O
in	O
1993	O
contained	O
the	O
0.99.5	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
,	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
software	O
from	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
22	O
August	O
1993	O
,	O
the	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
company	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
3100	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
LGX	O
beta	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
was	O
offered	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
any	O
developer	O
whose	O
software	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
CD	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
releases	O
were	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
stores	O
selling	O
CD-ROM	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
community	O
effort	O
in	O
continuing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
has	O
been	O
started	O
in	O
early	O
2022	O
,	O
having	O
an	O
alpha	O
release	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
on	O
late	O
March	O
or	O
early	O
April	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
J	O
.	O
Richter	O
started	O
the	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
company	O
together	O
with	O
Bill	O
Selmeier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richter	O
was	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
League	B-Application
for	I-Application
Programming	I-Application
Freedom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yggdrasil	B-Application
Incorporated	O
published	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
compilation	O
books	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Bible	O
:	O
The	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
Testament	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
contributed	O
significantly	O
to	O
file	O
system	O
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
functionality	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
their	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
Incorporated	O
released	O
the	O
Winter	O
1996	O
edition	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Internet	O
Archives	O
;	O
six	O
CDs	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
software	O
from	O
Tsx-11	O
and	O
Sunsite	O
,	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
archive	O
on	O
prep.ai.mit.edu,	O
the	O
X11R6	B-Operating_System
archives	O
including	O
the	O
free	O
contributed	O
X11R6	B-Operating_System
software	O
from	O
ftp.x.org,	O
the	O
Internet	O
RFC	O
standards	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
nine	O
non-Yggdrasil	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
remained	O
active	O
until	O
at	O
least	O
year	O
2000	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
released	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Open	B-Application
Source	I-Application
DVD	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
website	O
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
afterwards	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
not	O
released	O
anything	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
once	O
made	O
an	O
offer	O
to	O
donate	O
60%	O
of	O
the	O
Yggdrasil	B-Application
CDROM	O
sales	O
revenues	O
to	O
the	O
Computer	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
Research	I-Operating_System
Group	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
founder	O
Adam	O
J	O
.	O
Richter	O
later	O
indicated	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
lose	O
too	O
much	O
money	O
and	O
changed	O
the	O
offer	O
accordingly	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
maintaining	O
donations	O
to	O
CSRG	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
