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Slackware was my first Linux too. I remember making the installation floppy disk set. And then it was my first introduction to running a computer others could r
by dangrossman 5y ago
Slackware was my first Linux too. I remember making the installation floppy disk set. And then it was my first introduction to running a computer others could remotely control. After learning how to dial up AOL from Linux then join an IRC chat room, I was immediately "pwned" by someone in that chat room who guessed my root password and rm -rf /'d my entire hard drive. I was probably 8 or 9 at the time and cried.
- rfrey 5y agoThat's horrible. I hope that person is working tech support for Comcast now.
- reilly3000 5y agoA most excellent curse, I must say.
- beermonster 5y agoOr is an Oracle DBA
- lnxg33k1 5y agoSlack was my second distro with the first one being the original Red Hat, but i discovered them on IRC, through the glorious mIRC Simpson, if any other Italian is around, back then ^^
- jdmoreira 5y agoSame story for me. First Red Hat 5 and then Slackware 7.
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- joemazerino 5y agoI love this story only because you must be me. BitchX wasn't the most secure was it?
- cyberpunk 5y agoAhh, the old /shitlist days. I miss that splash screen!
- rootusrootus 5y agoSlackware was actually my second distro. My first one came on CD-ROM :). Bought my first ever CD-ROM drive specifically for the purpose. Yggdrasil Linux. As I recall, that was around 0.98 or 0.99, and the support for networking was a bit rough. But it's been damn near 30 years so my memory is hazy.
- freedomben 5y agoit's remarkable how dumb kids are (compared to adults). most people understand intuitively when talking to a child that they are going to be dumb and we need to treat them differently (or have a different standard), but the internet's anonymity shields you quite a bit and it's easy to think you're talking to a really dumb adult when really you're being a horrible person. If that person knew you were an 8 or 9 year old child I would guess they would have praised you for your curiosity, tenacity, etc.
- paisawalla 5y agoThe other person could also have been 8 or 9. In fact, I was doing dumb things to strangers on the internet well into my teenage years.
- plorkyeran 5y agoYeah, much like the person who seems like a dumb adult might just be an inexperienced kid, the jerk might also just be a child who hasn't learned how to get attention other than by being awful. I got bored with _intentionally_ being an asshole on the internet by the time I was 13, but that was after a few years of it.
- wink 5y agoIn a time where you installed Slackware on a floppy to dial up via AOL I'd say the chance that 2 9 year olds meet online on IRC is negligible. And I'm saying that as someone who barely missed the 90s on IRC as a teenager. (Although I went online with Linux in 98)
- pretext 5y agoI think more precise definition is naive rather than dumb. Added: 8-9 y.o. who installs Linux is smart, not dumb in my perception.
- Yaggo 5y agoI would rather say it's remarkable how dumb many adults are despite their age (compared to kids).
- spicymaki 5y agoSlackware was my first Linux distro. There was someone with a Linux box in my college dorm at the time and I looked at his desktop and awesome custom terminals, and I was hooked. I asked him how to get started and he handed me a case with Walnut Creek Slackware CDs.
- girvo 5y agoSlax was my introduction both to Slackware and Linux. I miss those days. My parents don't: I think I wiped their computer a half dozen times messing with things (usually killing the MBR IIRC)
- rcpt 5y agoSlackware 9 was my first Linux. I knew next to nothing about computers at the time but discovered the cheapest way to get one was refurbished office machines with no OS. Another student gave me a CD and then things were difficult. Changed my life.
- hyperpl 5y agoSame with me. One of my friend's dad's when I young held out the RedHat CD in his left hand and the Slackware CD in his right and asked me to choose. I chose Slackware and he told me I chose well and that I would be strong.
- yreg 5y agoThis reads like a scene from The Office.
- ww520 5y agoShould tell him the host address is 127.0.0.1.
- sandermvanvliet 5y agoObligatory UserFriendly: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010523 http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010523
- beermonster 5y agoWell done you for not letting that bad experience put you off. Did you re-install and continue with Slackware after that?