Site History

• 03/1997 started with the description of Linux working on my HP OmniBook 800CT at http://fu-berlin.de/userpage/~r2d2c3po (deprecated URL).
• 11/1997 internal statistics made by CGI and Perl.
• 03/1998 first issue of the Linux-Infrared-HOWTO.
• 01/1999 changed ISP from FUB to SNAFU, no frames anymore.
• 01/1999 first issue of the Linux-Mobile-HOWTO.
• 03/1999 name LiLAC - Linux on LAptop Computers - invented.
• 06/1999 page design more stringent.
• 01/2000 new page layout, created with WebsiteMetaLanguage.
• 02/2000 due to a new policy of the ISP, changed base URL slightly from www.snafu.de/~wehe to home.snafu.de/wehe (obsolet URLs)
• 02/2000 launched Mobile News.
• 03/2000 launched Survey Touchpad Laptops.
• 04/2000 launched Survey Portable Printers and Scanners.
• 04/2000 launched Survey Portable CD Writers.
• 05/2000 launched Survey Removable Hard Disks.
• 05/2000 launched Survey TV Tuner Cards.
• 06/2000 launched the first book on mobile Linux Linux on the Road - A Guide for Laptops and Mobile Devices.
• 10/2000 got own domain, changed name from LiLAC - Linux on LAptop Computers to MobiliX - Mobile Unix Systems.
• 11/2000 created <linux-laptop_at_tuxmobil.org> mailing list.
• 01/2001 PCMCIA card and internal modem pages completely reorganized, sitemap added.
• 07/2001 trademark trouble Obelix versus MobiliX (trademark trouble).
• 06/2002 "Mobile UniX" newsfeed (HTML/RDF/RSS) started.
• 06/2002 MobiliX wins against Obelix.
• 07/2002 MobiliX is available via i-mode and WAP cell phones.
• 07/2002 `linux-laptop` mailing list welcomes the 500th member.
• 09/2002 P3P statement validated.
• 02/2003 MobiliX withdraws its name and is now available as TuxMobil.
• 05/2003 found a logo (sort of) finally.
• 07/2003 PICS statement.
• 02/2005 Linux laptop and notebook installation guides database exceeds 3.000 entries.
• 05/2005 conversion to XHTML.
• 05/2006 Linux laptop and notebook installation guides database exceeds 5.000 entries.
• 01/2007 Linux laptop and notebook installation guides database exceeds 6.000 entries.
• 12/2007 Linux laptop and notebook installation guides database exceeds 7.000 entries.
• 09/2008 trademark trouble: request to delete the trademark Obelix has been rejected.
• 11/2008 TuxMobil Surpasses 8,000 Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides Available.
• 12/2009 The "TuxMobil News Digest" has been stalled, because it's too much work.

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