[lug] Happy 30th, Linux
Jed S. Baer
blug at jbaer.cotse.net
Wed Aug 25 13:22:31 MDT 2021
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.
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All operating systems suck, but Linux just sucks less
- Linus Torvalds
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