19 years with Debian
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| Author | Content |
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| Bob_Robertson Jul 24, 2014 10:06 AM EDT |
Save verdict. |
| jdixon Jul 24, 2014 1:34 PM EDT |
Hey, you've been a Debian user almost as long as I've been a Slackware user. :) In the end, it always seems to come back to Slackware or Debian, doesn't it? |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 24, 2014 2:04 PM EDT |
When the ISP at which I labored thanklessly in 1995 had tasked me with getting Solaris86 working, and I could not even get it to install, a coworker mentioned that he knew a well supported UNIX clone that was available, for free. The boss turned him down. I wrote Debian onto 14 3.5" disks for my personal use that very afternoon. |
| jdixon Jul 24, 2014 2:26 PM EDT |
In February 1994, I installed Slackware on an old machine at work to use as a mail server. The site actually ran on it for a year or so until they "upgraded" to a Solaris box. |
| Bob_Robertson Jul 25, 2014 8:35 AM EDT |
I had been looking at Coherent (but didn't want to buy it, being a cheap bastard), and had been working on SunOS on SPARC systems for a couple of years. Having some UNIX experience already helped a great deal with diving into Linux. Live CDs, graphic installs, Xorg auto-detection... Have you seen the YouTube video "Kids React to Old Computers"? |
| jdixon Jul 25, 2014 9:11 AM EDT |
> Have you seen the YouTube video "Kids React to Old Computers"? No. I'll have to take a look at it. But I can't do that at work. :( |
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