[ILUG] my first Linux

[Diarmuid Bourke]

I believe mine was RedHat 5.1 back in 1999 on a 486dx2, just in time for the
end of the world.

2011/8/26 Pádraig Brady <P at draigbrady.com>

> 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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