[lug] Happy 30th, Linux

[Steve Litt]

So far, every response has been people who started Linux in the 20th
century. I'd like to hear from people who started more recently, like
in the 21st century, or the 00's, or the 10's, or the 20's. What was
your motive, how do you like Linux so far?

SteveT

John Karns said on Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:34:27 -0400

>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.