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One of my favorite memories from /. was refreshing to see a new version of the kernel was available. You'd spend a few hours downloading it, compiling, and rebo

One of my favorite memories from /. was refreshing to see a new version of the kernel was available. You'd spend a few hours downloading it, compiling, and reboot. Usually there were no new features you wanted, no bugs fixed, just the idea of being on the bleeding edge was "cool" enough.

mrcapers 15y ago
+1 this. remember doing this when i was 12 or 13 in late 90s/early 00s. /. made it exciting to be a geek.
- zem 15y ago
  being on a rolling release distro means you still get the thrill of running a bleeding-edge kernel :) and no, i never really outgrew that.
pixelcloud 15y ago
Now everyone uses macbooks... Oh how the times have changed.
- glassx 15y ago
  Yeah, but most of us who grew up and started using MacBooks still run Linux on our servers, we still that bit of /. inside us :)
  - Yaggo 15y ago
    ... and the same GNU tools on our MacBooks.
  - sitkack 15y ago
    Wow, jesus, dammit.
- rufugee 15y ago
  Not everyone... ;-) Linux on the desktop since 97. I've tried Windows, OS X, and nothing can replace the productivity I get from Linux. Slashdot will always be home to me. I haven't visited my real home town in over a decade, and sadly, /. is headed towards the same fate.
- SwellJoe 15y ago
  I'd wager that more nerds run Linux on the desktop (or laptop) now than they did back when Slashdot was getting started. The biggest loser of developer mindshare in the years since has been Windows. But, no one (in their right mind) is using Mac OS on the server, and any developer with a successful website has a lot more servers than they have laptops or desktops, so I reckon they're more of a "Linux user" than a "Mac user".