Martyb wrote:
Just for a bit of fun (since it's Friday) - what was your very first exposure to Linux and what was your first distribution that you ever installed (and can you remember the kernel version?!).
It was in December 1994, during my first year at University, that I installed my first distribution of Linux. It was a Slackware with a kernel 1.1.30 or something. I had never seen a Unix prompt before, and I remember it took me a few nights to configure X properly.
My machine at the time was a 486 DX2-66 with a 40 Mb hard disk and 8 Mb RAM. I later upgraded with an additional 300 Mb hard disk and 16 Mb RAM. /proc/cpuinfo showed 32 or so bogomips, I seem to remember.
Before I suscribed to an ISP in 1995, I was getting mail and news with UUCP from another Linux box that was connected to the net. Huge phone bills...
Good old days...
Cheers,
Eric.