Editing Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X (section)

{{short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Linux/GNU/X Plug-and-Play Linux
| logo = [[File:yggdrasil-linux-summer-94.JPG|250px]]
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working_state = Obsolete
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1992|12|8}}
| supported_platforms = [[IA-32]]
| kernel_type = [[Linux kernel]]
| userland = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| ui = [[FVWM]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
}}

'''Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X''', or '''LGX''' (pronounced ''igg-drah-sill''), is an early [[Linux distribution]] developed by [[Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X#Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated|Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated]], a company founded by Adam J. Richter in [[Berkeley, California]].

Yggdrasil was the first company to create a [[live CD]] Linux distribution.<ref name="groklaw">{{ cite web | url = http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20051031235811490 | title = The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin, by Dr. Peter H. Salus - Ch. 20 | date = 1 November 2005 | first = Peter H | last = Salus | access-date = 2007-10-11 | publisher = [[Groklaw]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184057/www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20051031235811490 | archive-date=2018-07-17 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Yggdrasil Linux described itself as a "[[Plug and play|Plug-and-Play]]" Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware.

[[Yggdrasil]] is the World Tree of [[Norse mythology]]. The name was chosen because Yggdrasil took disparate pieces of software and assembled them into a complete product. Yggdrasil's company motto was "Free Software For The Rest of Us".<ref name="sanjose"/>

Yggdrasil is compliant with the Unix [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]].<ref name="review">[http://linux.feldt.com/meeting_notes/1996/0215/ygg_pnp.html Linux SIG - Yggdrasil's Plug and Play Linux]</ref>