1996: KDE

Enter the revolutionary K Desktop Environment (KDE). Developed by Matthias Ettrich, a student at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, the KDE marked the user-friendly look for Linux operating systems.

1996: Suse

Another famous distro, Suse, gets its first standalone version.

1998: The ‘Halloween’ Documents

An early Linux and open-source leader, Eric S. Raymond releases the infamous Halloween Documents, stating that PC giant, Microsoft takes Linux seriously and believes them as an enemy. The statements were further concreted with Microsoft’s ant-open-source and Linux movements.

1999: GNOME desktop arrives

Another desktop marks its arrival in the Linux world, the GNOME desktop. Today, the GNOME along with KDE is considered as the two most important desktop versions in Linux.

2000: Linux gets investment from the ‘Big Blues’

In 2000, IBM made a block buster announcement that they would invest a billion dollars in Linux in 2001. The investment is still noted to be as one of IBM’s best moves.

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