Post ANxwzJ6WPRQDePFSkK by cincodenada@cybre.space
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 (DIR) Post #ANxwzISSoNNZeAVTJA by cincodenada@cybre.space
       2022-09-18T18:32:54Z
       
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       Tried to capture exactly how long I've been swimming in these open-source waters, and came up with "I was downloading Debian onto six CD's over dial-up with jigdo when Ubuntu was just a twinkle in Shuttleworth's eye" 😂It's far from ancient, and I didn't end up using it because I don't think pulling rank is helpful or useful, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. And a helpful reminder a lot of people have grown up in a totally different world than I have...something I have to keep reminding myself of more and more these days.Bonus early-aughts flavor: while waiting for my downloads, I printed Tux onto some labels with my parents' inkjet, then used a CD Stomper to apply them. Probably used OpenOffice 1.1? 🧓
       
 (DIR) Post #ANxwzJ6WPRQDePFSkK by cincodenada@cybre.space
       2022-09-18T19:04:49Z
       
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       Update: realized I still have those CD's and, most surprisingly, know where they are! And turns out it was a whole set. All told:- Debian 3.0r3 "Woody" (8 CD's)- Suse 10.0 (5 CD's) - Mandrake 10.1 (3 CD's) - Xandros Desktop 3.0 (1 CD)You can still see the sharpie underneath from before I put the labels on 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #ANxwzJhkB3CDVqfBlQ by cincodenada@cybre.space
       2022-09-18T19:12:00Z
       
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       Fun time capsule bonus: titles of the Known Issues from Xandros, verbatim:- RealPlayer does not launch when Sound Recorder is running- USB Floppy Drive detected as Removable Disk- Parallel port not present when printer not turned on during bootup- Double-clicking a .exe file in Xandros File Manager does not launch application with CrossOver- Open With's "Remember application association for this type of file" isn't respected for Windows apps.For those unfamiliar, CrossOver as I recall was WINE with a bunch of tweaks to make stuff "just work", and Xandros was a distro built around being a Linux that ran Windows apps.Kind of like, oh, a very early SteamOS/Proton situation I guess. The circle just keeps turning...