Editing Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X (section)

== Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated ==
Adam J. Richter started the Yggdrasil company together with Bill Selmeier. Richter spoke to [[Michael Tiemann]] about setting up a business, but was not interested in joining forces with [[Cygnus Solutions|Cygnus]].<ref name="groklaw"/>

Richter was a member of [[League for Programming Freedom]].<ref name="announce2" /> Richter was using only a 200 MB hard disk when building the alpha release of LGX, which prevented him from practically being able to include the source code of some of the packages contained in the CDROM.<ref name="announce2"/>

Yggdrasil Incorporated published some of the early Linux compilation books, such as ''The Linux Bible: The GNU Testament'' ({{ISBN|978-1883601201}}), and contributed significantly to file system and X Window System functionality of Linux in the early days of their operation.

The company moved to [[San Jose, California]] in 1996.<ref name="sanjose">{{ cite web | url = http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1996/04/msg00816.html | title = Yggdrasil Debian replacement CD's have arrived | first = Adam J | last = Richter | date = 17 April 1996 | access-date = 2007-10-11 | work = debian-user mailing list | publisher = Debian.org }}</ref> In 1996, Yggdrasil Incorporated released the Winter 1996 edition of ''Linux Internet Archives''; six CDs of Linux software from Tsx-11 and Sunsite, the GNU archive on prep.ai.mit.edu, the X11R6 archives including the free contributed X11R6 software from ftp.x.org, the Internet RFC standards, and a total of nine non-Yggdrasil Linux distributions.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Linux Internet Archives | work = New Products | publisher = Linux Journal | date = 1 May 1996 | access-date = 2007-10-11 | url = http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/111 }}</ref>

The company remained active until at least year 2000, when it released the Linux Open Source DVD, but its website was taken offline afterwards and the company has not released anything since.<ref name="distrowatch"/>

The company's last corporate filing was in January 2004.<ref name=CalSOS>{{cite web |url=https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/frmDetail.asp?CorpID=01824239 |title=Yggdasil Computing, Incorporated |publisher=California Secretary of State |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> The California Secretary of State lists it as suspended.<ref name=CalSOS/>

The company once made an offer to donate 60% of the Yggdrasil CDROM sales revenues to the [[Computer Systems Research Group]], but founder Adam J. Richter later indicated that the company would lose too much money and changed the offer accordingly, while still maintaining donations to CSRG.<ref name="csrg">[http://www.dnull.com/bsd/oldnews/bsdnew1861.html *BSD News Article 1861<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The company also had volume discount plans.<ref name="discounts">{{cite mailing list |url=http://www.kclug.org/old_archives/linux-activists/1992/dec/0/0044.shtml |title=Frequently Asked Questions on Linux/GNU/X OS CDROM from Yggdrasil |mailing-list=linux-activists |date=1992-12-01 |last=Richter |first=Adam J}}</ref>