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[ILUG] my first Linux

[ILUG] my first Linux

Pádraig Brady P at draigBrady.com
Fri Aug 26 09:53:11 IST 2011


On 08/25/2011 01:54 PM, Pawel Slabiak wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I guess 20th anniversary is the best opportunity to recall, when and how was your first Linux.
> In November 95' I got 5 disks with Linux which was started from ms-dos . There was a linux.bat and as a file system I used umsdos.I had even X-server with 16 colours, wow and minicom to chat with others .
> Shortly before Christmas 95/96 I compiled for the very first time my own kernel... it took over 4 hours !! .It was pretty complicated actually...there was only make config and no possibility to return...but still better than win 95' though.
> 
> And how was it with you guys ?

1993, David Harte from UL and I installed Yggdrasil on a 486 in Dundalk.
1995, wrote a chat server in C on slackware in DCU.
2001, used exclusively at home and work ...


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