".... and found that someone was about to release TCP/IP for Linux" (Fred van Kempen, linked interview 1992) Wow. I had forgotten how ropey early Linux was. I

".... and found that someone was about to release TCP/IP for Linux" (Fred van Kempen, linked interview 1992) Wow. I had forgotten how ropey early Linux was. I mean, I rip on Windows folk about early versions of Windows prior to 98SE or NT4 (and can recall having to install Winsock on a home Win95 install and thinking why the hell????) but finding out 30 years later that my early struggles with Linux were not entirely down to my own incompetence is ... refreshing. I mean how do you Google (ok in those days Altavista!) a "how to" if the network stack is borked? How do you even download the drivers or updates if the interface fails to come up? It sounds silly but I'm so glad to know it wasn't something I was doing wrong on my end. 30 years later and dayamn!