----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Mathieson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: [scottish] Re: best way to learn more
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 12:54:40AM -0000, William Anderson wrote: > > > > not that ambitious yet, a good distro to actually work at is Slackware, > > which never has really handed things to you on a plate - I cut my teeth on > > 3.1 -> 3.4 and it left me with what i consider a good grounding in basic > > linux. > > I can second this, though I can't remember which version of Slackware I > started with. It used a kernel from the 1.2.x series, I remember that. > Ah, yes, that was fun. I downloaded the A disk set from a BBS called > Alba Maximus (which I'm sure was based somewhere in Glasgow -- it was > certainly a local call) using a 14k4 modem. Then I repartitioned our > 40MB (!) hard disk on the 386/25 with 8MB RAM and installed Slackware. ahhhh disk sets ... those were the days ... If someone had shown me debian, and specifically dpkg/apt-get back in 1995, I'd have fainted - I remember routinely carting in bundles of floppies into glasgow uni to grab the latest A, D and N sets off what is now sunsite.org.uk ... I think our (a bunch of waster types at .gla.ac.uk) first attempt at a slackware box was a 386/25 with 8MB as well, disk size ... cannae remember :( That machine was upgraded and replaced so many times (Kenny D may or may not remember that initial incarnation of what was grelb and is now waco) but slackware was always the distro of choice. ... /me waits for "of course we had it tough" pythonesque reply :) -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.wasters.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
