Never did Slackware, but I did do Gentoo for a few years (on an iBook w/ POWER CPU!) That was lots of fun, giving you the build-your-OS-from-scratch feel. I also loved that vi wasn't installed by default; nano was the default text editor.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 6:08 PM Emery Rudolph <erudo...@umd.edu> wrote: > 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. 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