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Found my first Linux distro, Mandrake from 1998, on an old magazine CD
- ddingus 1y agoOh man! Mandrake 8! That was my first really fun Linux setup. At the time, I had RedHat running at work and was running SGI IRIX daily along with WinNT 3.51 then Win 2k. I had setup Ogle to play DVD media and at that time DECSS was a controversy. People could have legal media, legal drive, display, computer, sound, but playing the movie under Linux was a crime. Any how, I set Mandrake up in our bedroom so my wife and I could enjoy great movies. Ogle would just play the movie. No bullshit, insert disk, press T then P and you were into the movie. That was a hit and the fam wanted a DVD player for the living room. I got one and the second day, I got the call: "this POS is broken" M: What happened honey? H: It won't just play the movie M: Which movie? H: Tarzan M: Slaps head! Of course. Honey, that one has 15 mins of previews that players will not skip. H: WTF? That one you made sure would. Why? [I explain OSS and she gets it and always has since. Neat!] M: OK, I can solve the problem. I ripped the movie, brought it home and proceeded to do that to all the kid movies. They love it and when they break one, I just make another. Same for the neighbors kids mooching one, etc... Mandrake was nice. I had it running on a Matrox G400 card that could do a very respectable TV out. Was gorgeous on our huge Sony WEGA set in the living Room. Good times!