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[OT]RE: Learning UNIX



Well, I guess I'm just not as old-skool as you are, Drew! <snif>

All I can say is downloading 30-some floppies of Slackware off a 14.4 modem
sucked.

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Drew MacPherson
> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 2:06 PM
> To: Neal
> Cc: Scirocco-L
> Subject: [OT]RE: Learning UNIX
>
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Neal wrote:
>
> > Linux has become MUCH EASIER to install and learn than it was
> when I started
> > about six years ago. Almost any of the current distributions (Linux is
> > available from numberous vendors) are pretty well-developed. I
> use RedHat
> > myself, but there is also Mandrake, SuSe, and others.
> >
> > Neal
>
> SIX years ago???  My first flirtings with Linux were late '91,
> early '92.
> After a brief session with OS/2, wolfsburg.cs.uoguelph.ca became my first
> Linux desktop install in the summer of 92.  Going into my 11th year of
> running Linux, on my 3rd hardware platform (currently Redhat 8.0 on a
> pII450 w/512 mb of ram) and my 4th major install/upgrade, I can safely say
> that Linux has come A LONG LONG, LONG way, baby.
>
> For the Linux Newbie looking to get their feet wet I would recommend
> Redhat 8.0 - it's dead simple to install, has good hardware support, and
> has enough toys, bells and whistles to allow the average user to do most
> of what they need to do.
>
> Drew (coming to you from scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca)
>
>
>
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