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Hah. Used SLS (and then Slackware) back then. I think the first version of the kernel I used was 0.98pl13. I worked at DEC back then and did not have Internet
by linuxhansl 4y ago
Hah. Used SLS (and then Slackware) back then. I think the first version of the kernel I used was 0.98pl13.
I worked at DEC back then and did not have Internet at home, so I would schedule jobs at night to download the 1.3" floppy images and then copy them to actual floppies to bring home.
Can't believe that is 30 years ago now.
- icedchai 4y agoI also started with SLS, but got in a little later (late 92, maybe 93?) I think 0.99pl10 was where I started. I remember the 12 or 15 floppy images.
- alexfoo 4y agoFor me the first one that sticks in my head is the MCC distrib on ~10 floppies, with (I think) a bunch more for X. Definitely used 0.9[89] before that (late '93) but no solid memory of details. Kernel version 1.0.8 is burned into my brain though.
- martyvis 4y agoYep I did the same (I worked at BHP the Aussie industrial multinational, and funnily ended up at DEC in '97 and still work there via HPE). Initially I was doing the regular downloads to a SGI workstation and writing the floppy images out on I think on a DOS PC. Eventually I was able to repurpose an unused 386 at work to become my Linux server at work.