Post 9oVb4sr3ABmPc407fs by xosem@mstdn.io
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(DIR) Post #9oUt6coDOc24Rah9Hs by RunningInCircles@mstdn.io
2019-10-31T21:23:54Z
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Just seen a toot about someone having use Linux on the desktop for a month.Firstly - Yay :blobcheer: Secondly - Just looked back at when I started with Mandrake Linux. Which would be 2000... Now I feel old 👴
(DIR) Post #9oUt6eGbyWLCxwzLBg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-10-31T21:36:18Z
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@RunningInCircles You started the year before me. I started with Debian Potato in February or March 2001.
(DIR) Post #9oVb4sr3ABmPc407fs by xosem@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T05:48:58Z
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@fitheach @RunningInCircles feeling old too 😝 I perfectly remember burning #Ubuntu 5.04 CDs (hedgehog?) I'm 100% #linux for more than a decade now.
(DIR) Post #9oVvp1VDLE1Iq048xs by RunningInCircles@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T08:27:35Z
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@xosem @fitheach Oooh, the decision between waiting for an iso image to download via dialup vs how long it would take to come through the post 😀 Family not being able to call the house because the phone line was always engaged, vast phone bills.
(DIR) Post #9oVvp1w9j3ZSBYfexU by priryo@linernotes.club
2019-11-01T09:32:04Z
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@RunningInCircles @xosem @fitheach I was 2004 I think. Once the fancy Ubuntu CDs were starting to circulate. I think I dual booted for a long time, until getting broadband at home (never got dialup working on my cheap laptop, "winmodems" were a bane I think.)
(DIR) Post #9oVw1CRQUqb8Et6HNg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T09:43:30Z
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@priryo @RunningInCircles @xosem The sound of the good old days...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
(DIR) Post #9oVw8SMhgsCbeYLrUm by xosem@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T09:44:55Z
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@fitheach 🙈 @priryo @RunningInCircles
(DIR) Post #9oVwEmx63sEVEwOSe0 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T09:46:03Z
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@priryo @RunningInCircles @xosem I feel a bug report coming...Playing uploaded OGG or MP3 files don't work for me via the Mastodon Web UI.Sorry for the delete & redrafts.
(DIR) Post #9oWgHu6YWLCeBRF20W by xosem@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T09:43:33Z
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@priryo yes! Those brown-orange CDs. My sister came home also with one of those from a cafe/university/wherever It felt easy and amazingly fast compared to windows. Legal and supported software to my daily needs.I'm grateful my hardware of the date was supported because if it hadnt worked it's likely I would not be using linux now. That's why IMO install parties have sense, and being vocal about using freesoftware on casual chats too (ex.)@RunningInCircles @fitheach
(DIR) Post #9oWgHuTF9zLpJnr9N2 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-11-01T09:51:12Z
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@xosem I'm not aware of any of my non-IT friends who installed Windows on a PC (or Mac). "Normal" people buy a PC with an OS already installed. When it fails for some reason, they buy a new PC. That is why Linux on the Desktop never took off.@priryo @RunningInCircles