sharun@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoSlackware turns 30 todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1916arrow-down112
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minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoThat was my first distro… in 1993! Because I bought a book with a CD in the back that had the whole thing instead of having to download a bunch of floppies!
minus-squareeltopo@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoA system with a CD drive in 1993 was a luxury. I remember I had to use floppies in 1994.
minus-squareJordan Lund@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI had a single speed CD rom, but it was hooked up under a weird SCSI arrangement that Slackware wouldn’t recognize. So I swapped it out for a 2X IDE drive with a 3CD caddy! Good times!
That was my first distro… in 1993! Because I bought a book with a CD in the back that had the whole thing instead of having to download a bunch of floppies!
A system with a CD drive in 1993 was a luxury. I remember I had to use floppies in 1994.
I had a single speed CD rom, but it was hooked up under a weird SCSI arrangement that Slackware wouldn’t recognize.
So I swapped it out for a 2X IDE drive with a 3CD caddy! Good times!