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> So while I might not be able to claim the same Linux Greybeard status as the folks who installed via floppies on an i386 Hmm... I guess I get to claim 'grey
by pwg 8y ago
> So while I might not be able to claim the same Linux Greybeard status as the folks who installed via floppies on an i386
Hmm... I guess I get to claim 'greybeard' status then. I installed both SLS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softlanding_Linux_System) and later Slackware from floppies on an i386 (and later a Pentium).
- SuperNinKenDo 8y agoI vaguely recall needing some kind of boot floppy on my 3rd or 4th install for some reason, I really had no idea what I was doing at the time. I almost miss the days you picked your distro based on which disk came with your magazine that month. I learnt a lot, although I also cargo-culted far too much.
- nameiscubanpete 8y agoTrying to install Slackware on a laptop with 4MB of RAM is my Linux coming of age story.