What is this "Linux search"
Posted by trivia_ghostwriter@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 24 comments
Posted by trivia_ghostwriter@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 24 comments
set_in_void@reddit
"Linux Search was presumably added at the same time as Stanford Search. This search specialized in topics related to the Linux operating system. Results from 1999 and parts of 2000 were from websites with Linux mentioned in their URL" - source: Special Searches | Google
granti128@reddit
Thank you for actually answering OP's question, rather than posting commentary (which is not what OP asked for) 👍🏼👍🏼
IllustriousCareer6@reddit
Even though it allowed to comment on a post with whatever intent because that’s what a comment section is 👍🏻👍🏻
haakon@reddit
Too many exclamation marks!
backyard_tractorbeam@reddit
Seems like they are thinking the ! Is part of the product name.
haakon@reddit
I guess it was the fashion at the time, thanks to "YaHoo!".
Drew19914@reddit
Yahoooooooooo-oo-woo! 🎵
ArmadilloLoose6699@reddit
It could also have been a joke at Yahoo's expense. Given how things shook out in the end, it worked lol
shikkonin@reddit
Yes, since it was.
speicherwerk@reddit
Don't be evil!
nikgnomic@reddit
some computer languages use ! at the beginning of an expression to denote logical negation -
!be_evildeprecateddeveloper@reddit
Don't! Be evil!
SaintEyegor@reddit
Pre-evil google
mok000@reddit
Google was great because it had a very simple webpage with just a form field to enter your query, as opposed to Altavista that had so many ads it took forever to load. And the search results were orders of magnitudes better.
DrPiwi@reddit
Sadly these days Google results are nolonger the most relevant ones but the ones that have payd most to be on top.
Francois-C@reddit
I completely agree. I think I discovered Google around 1999 and immediately liked it for the same reasons you did. It was almost the opposite of what it has become today. It loaded in the blink of an eye and the search results were so better that I quickly stopped using Altavista, Lycos, Yahoo, and the others.
sfled@reddit
Makes wish DMOZ was still alive.
Putrid-Try-5002@reddit
Click on it?
trivia_ghostwriter@reddit (OP)
Is it possible through wayback?
SteveHamlin1@reddit
It's just "http://www.google.com/linux", which currently returns a 404.
Putrid-Try-5002@reddit
I think yes
Dwedit@reddit
That might get you to an entry page, but not a functioning dynamic website where the server has to generate the pages.
Several_Clients@reddit
There's only one way to find out: ask someone on reddit
g1zmo@reddit
I remember linux.google.com used to be tailored to searches about Linux-related topics.