[lug] Happy 30th, Linux

[Tommaso Curto]

I started using Linux in 2001 with Debian 2.2 (Potato) and the amazing
Mandrake Linux. Good times!

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 10:48 AM Gary Hodges - NOAA Affiliate <
gary.hodges at noaa.gov> wrote:

> I just pulled my first Linux book off the shelf.  Red Hat Linux Unleashed
> that came with version 3.0.3.  I believe after purchasing I realized the
> version was outdated, and I ended up installing Red Hat v4.2.  For much of
> my early years I tried to dig in and learn what was going on behind the
> scenes, so to speak, but for at least a decade I'm more of a plain old
> computer user that happens to use a computer running Linux.  After
> using/trying Red Hat, SUSE, Mint, Kubuntu, and surely a couple/few others,
> I've settled on Debian.
>
> Not long after that initial Red Hat v4.2 start I was a victim of the bind
> vulnerability.  Someone got in and issued "cd /;rm -rf *".  Good times.
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:22 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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