[lug] Happy 30th, Linux

John Karns johnkarns at gmail.com
Wed Aug 25 17:34:27 MDT 2021


1993, IIRC - Yggdrasil live CD. Then Slackware.

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John

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 3:22 PM Jed S. Baer <blug at jbaer.cotse.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:55:01 -0600
> Greg Dickinson wrote:
>
> > Since 1994: Skackware and kermel 0.94.  I downloaded the disks (30 or
> > so) at work at CU and used their 10 base T connection.  It was the only
> > way to get it since I only had a 2400 baud modem at home.
>
> I think I didn't try downloading any ISOs until the 56K days. I think I
> didn't use dialup for anything but e-mail and BBSing until at least 19.2.
>
> I'm pretty sure for RH5.2 I went to SoftPro and bought the boxed edition.
> So I never experienced the joy of the many multi-disk install.
>
> --
> All operating systems suck, but Linux just sucks less
>  - Linus Torvalds
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