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In the mid to late 90s when dialup was the only way to get to the internet for most people, I remember buying magazines specifically to get the bundled software
by bityard 4y ago
In the mid to late 90s when dialup was the only way to get to the internet for most people, I remember buying magazines specifically to get the bundled software CD. Sometimes it was games, demos, and web browsers but quite often full Linux distributions.
Yes, you could install Slackware from a stack of 30 floppies, but that was the kind of thing you realistically only did once, out of either desperation or novelty.
- Bluecobra 4y agoYou’re right about only doing something like that once—since your parents would have murdered you for running up the phone bill.
- harel 4y agoThe InfoMagic setup for Slackware went with a floppy for setting boot and lilo and the cd for the rest. Looking at the CDs now, the 1st was Slackware, and others were RedHat, Debian and what appears to be a dump of mit.edu, sunsite, and also GNU and X. I don't think I ever managed to install anything out of those. In 1995 I had the will but far from the knowledge to do any of that. The booklet also just went through the Slackware setup, and not any of the other distros.
- jcul 4y agoI remember sending cash or a cheque to someone and receiving 3 to 4 redhat CD-ROMs. Fond memories.