I really wish that I was born early so I’ve could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?

I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    15 hours ago

    Remember when packages like RPM were first introduced, and it was like, “cool, I don’t have to compile everything!” Then you were introduced to Red Hat’s version of DLL-Hell when the RPM couldn’t find some obsure library! Before YUM, rpmfind.net was sooo useful!

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      14 hours ago

      I still use pkgs.org pretty frequently when I need to find versions of packages and their dependencies across different distros and versions of distros. I had to use that to sneakernet something to fix a system just this past week.

    • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      Shit like that was the last straw for me and I ended up bailing on Linux for, like, 10 years until I got back into it around 2006.