I really wish that I was born early so I’ve could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?
I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.
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Remember the slow internet had to wait overnight for 40 megabyte game and finally finding out it didn’t work.
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Half of it because random disconnect happened in the middle and download did not resume.
In glorious 256 colors !
Sometimes a boob who spent the previous night compiling a custom webcam driver. :(
Remember the Internet at these speeds, Moss? Up all night and you’d see three women.
jad
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Remember when packages like RPM were first introduced, and it was like, “cool, I don’t have to compile everything!” Then you were introduced to Red Hat’s version of DLL-Hell when the RPM couldn’t find some obsure library! Before YUM, rpmfind.net was sooo useful!
I still use pkgs.org pretty frequently when I need to find versions of packages and their dependencies across different distros and versions of distros. I had to use that to sneakernet something to fix a system just this past week.
Oh sites like that are absolutely still useful! Especially for older distros or when you need a specific version that you can’t find for whatever reason.
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Poor Annie.