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Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X
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<p>Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, or LGX (pronounced <i>igg-drah-sill</i>), is an early <a href="/facts/Linux_distribution/0vVl4N4f">Linux distribution</a> developed by Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated, a company founded by Adam J. Richter in <a href="/facts/Berkeley,_California/WBVjzd5l">Berkeley, California</a>. </p><p>Yggdrasil was the first company to create a <a href="/facts/Live_CD/J4bpHUs1">live CD</a> Linux distribution. Yggdrasil Linux described itself as a "<a href="/facts/Plug_and_play/LISny9tL">Plug-and-Play</a>" Linux distribution, automatically configuring itself for the hardware. </p><p><a href="/facts/Yggdrasil/NNT7BPBw">Yggdrasil</a> is the World Tree of <a href="/facts/Norse_mythology/hEKfeQql">Norse mythology</a>. 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". </p><p>Yggdrasil is compliant with the Unix <a href="/facts/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard/roaRoAWy">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</a>. </p>