On May 22, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Paul G. Allen wrote:
I don't recall how I learned about Linux, but I do remember it was some time just after Linus "released" it to the world (pre-version 1.0). Thefirst distro I ever purchased was a Slackware bundle. Boy, when Icompare that install with the installs of today it's like comparing cavemen to modern man (ooppss, sorry Geico guy).
I still remember downloading the floppy sets for SLS (I think they were "a", "b", "d" and "x", but memory fails) and installing, answering "y" or "n" for every package. tedious, and I got 800x600 2- bit grayscale in X. But it was so cool...
I was lucky... I got to download them via the network link from the school-supplied computer in the dorm room (an AT&T 286 diskless PC wired up via AT&T StarLAN to some hideous server, but it had NCSA Telnet installed, and that was all I needed.)
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