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Remember when you heard a Linux install called a Linux “Box” for the first time?
I thought it was the coolest thing ever and immediately started calling every Unix or Linux install a box. Still do.
- znpy 5y agoIt was like 2006 or so when i started hearing that terminology. LinuxCounter was still a thing, and no-ip offered dynamic dns like something.homelinux.net or something.homeunix.net. eMule (aMule on gnu/linux) was still going strong and after school I was spending most of my afternoon either chatting with my gf of the time using aMSN or playing Tremulous on-line. Flamming on internet forums (phpBB ftw) was funny and harmless to pretty much all the people involved (no real names involved, no consequences in real life). Good times.
- eesmith 5y agoHere's the beginning of the entry for 'box' in the 1991 book "The New Hacker's dictionary at https://archive.org/details/newhackersdictio00raym/page/76/mode/2up?q=box https://archive.org/details/newhackersdictio00raym/page/76/m... : > box n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction foo box where foo is some functional qualifier, like 'graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, UNIX box, MS-DOS box, etc.) "We preprocess the data on UNIX boxes before handing it up to the mainframe." (It is not in the 1983 book "The Hacker's dictionary : a guide to the world of computer wizards".)