Oh man, I will always remain super nostalgic and fond of Sun Microsystems (pre-Oracle). They were so innovative and provided systems that were attainable for the hobbyist to learn real Unix. I remember scavenging Hamfests and the Computer Show and Sales at the various fair grounds for Sun equipment. I learned Unix on those systems which led to my career as a Unix admin where I administered everything up to their 15K and Exadata systems. I still have 4 Sun Ultra 40 M2 systems and was using one up to 2017, when I finally had to move on to a faster Intel system. Their machines were engineers so well and ahead of their time. I also still have an old HP-UX system in my storage area, but I got rid of the AIX systems long ago.
You are right. So many memories and it all started with a stack of Slackware floppies, curiosity and a desire to learn C. ---------------- Very Best Regards, Emery Rudolph, MS Director Division of Information Technology erudo...@umd.edu (301) 405-9379 On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 12:14 AM Daniel Friedman <dani...@idrad.net> wrote: > Can't help feeling fond nostalgia of Judah Milgram lending me media to > install Slackware...with kernel version 0.99.4 or so... and feeling giddy > when I bought the newest Slackware distro on 4 CD-ROMs not so long > thereafter. Judah and Linux got me through grad school at Maryland while > keeping some degree of sanity (e.g. I had on my home desk a machine that > was effectively faster for my simulations than the "big" Sun SparcStation > 10 I would have otherwise had to use on campus).. > > --Daniel > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 10:51 AM David Eisner <deis...@umd.edu> wrote: > >> Having to configure and build a new kernel to support your new PC card >> WiFi adapter, as a matter of course. Good times. I can't find a screencap >> of the network config page, but this will trigger PTSD for some people: >> https://www.linux.it/~rubini/docs/kconf/xconfig.png >> >> -David >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 8:37 AM Emery Rudolph <erudo...@umd.edu> wrote: >> >>> Yep, I had that same large stack of floppies and it was such an >>> accomplishment to finally arrive at a system that had all of the components >>> you needed, because so much had to be done from the command line and >>> understanding how to dig into the internals of Linux to get everything to >>> compile correctly. Those experiences made us very strong OS folks, but >>> today everything is so much easier. I haven't had to compile a kernel for a >>> very long time and my system runs like a top. I prefer Debian based systems >>> and have been using Linux Mint since it came out. I tried Redhat and Fedora >>> for a while, but once they were acquired by Oracle, I knew it was not going >>> to end well for personal users. >>> >>> Like everything else, Mint have their glitches, but I have been very >>> pleased with it thus far :-) >>> >>> ---------------- >>> Very Best Regards, >>> >>> Emery Rudolph, MS >>> >>> Director >>> >>> Division of Information Technology >>> >>> erudo...@umd.edu >>> >>> (301) 405-9379 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 8:28 AM Peter Teuben <teu...@umd.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> I think you have to be nostalgic perhaps. I did indeed learn linux on a >>>> 15 floppy install from slackware in 94, but I've gone to redhat for a >>>> while, and now quite a while I've been using kubuntu. All the different >>>> distro's have good and bad sides. It's funny again that a 15 floppy >>>> install on an i486 takes not a lot longer than a USB key install on a >>>> modern i9. >>>> On 2/28/22 08:22, Emery Rudolph wrote: >>>> >>>> Good morning, >>>> >>>> For those who are using Slackware, just wondering if you've considered >>>> using other distros? I learned Linux on Slackware in the early-mid 90's and >>>> grew quite adept at compiling and troubleshooting the OS, but as distros >>>> matured, including package management, I left it behind. Every distro has >>>> features that make them attractive to specific use cases, thus I am not >>>> throwing shade on anyone for using anything that appeals to them, but >>>> rather, I am interested in what features make Slackware an attractive >>>> distro in 2022. >>>> >>>> ---------------- >>>> Very Best Regards, >>>> >>>> Emery Rudolph, MS >>>> >>>> Director >>>> >>>> Division of Information Technology >>>> >>>> erudo...@umd.edu >>>> >>>> (301) 405-9379 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 9:43 PM Ben Stern <bst...@electromagnetic.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 10:23:24AM -0500, Judah Milgram wrote: >>>>> > If anyone (who cares) didn't notice, Slackware 15.0 came out last >>>>> week. >>>>> >>>>> At 22:22:22 on 2/2/22. :-) >>>>> >>>>> I switched to 15.0 from current and I miss the giddy pace of daily >>>>> updates. >>>>> Current has immediately started breaking things, as promised by its >>>>> nature, >>>>> and I'm happy with 15.0 but it's an adjustment. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Now waiting for SBo to move to 15.0 so I can upgrade all of my SBo >>>>> packages >>>>> trivially. >>>>> >>>>> > If this isn't an occasion for an UMGLUG I don't know what is. >>>>> Virtual I >>>>> > suppose. >>>>> >>>>> A virtual UMGLUG has not been tried. I am eager to try one. >>>>> >>>>> Ben >>>>> -- >>>>> Ben Stern >>>>> This space intentionally left blank. >>>>> >>>>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >>>>> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe >>>>> from >>>>> this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the >>>>> message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >>>>> >>>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >>>> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from >>>> this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the >>>> message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >>>> >>>> You received this email because you are subscribed to the UM Linux >>> User's Group (UM-LINUX) mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe from >>> this list, simply send an email to lists...@listserv.umd.edu with the >>> message signoff UM-LINUX in the body. >> >> >> >> -- >> David Eisner >> A. 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