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Back when netbooks were all the rage (ironically, ~2009), I used to run Tinycore on a shitty, cheap Asus EEE. It was a decent linux setup, it had wifi, a browse
by qsort 6y ago
Back when netbooks were all the rage (ironically, ~2009), I used to run Tinycore on a shitty, cheap Asus EEE. It was a decent linux setup, it had wifi, a browser, standard tools... even a C compiler; much snappier than the XP setup it came with.
I couldn't tell you how complete/solid it was, I was in middle school back then and I doubt I ever did any "work" beyond toy programs on vim, but it was my first contact with linux and a major factor that pushed me towards getting into CS.
Glad to see the project is still going strong after all these years.
- thomastjeffery 6y agoOne of the best things I had in High School was a teacher who taught us basic system administration. He had us all go through the process of installing Windows XP from scratch, including service packs 1 & 2. Then he had us install PC-BSD, just to see how much better life is outside the Windows ecosystem. I was already a Linux geek by then, but there are plenty of others who found that class to be an eye opening experience.