I really wish that I was born early so I’ve could witness the early years of Linux. What was it like being there when a kernel was released that would power multiple OSes and, best of all, for free?
I want know about everything: software, hardware, games, early community, etc.
Alrighty, old Linux user from the earliest of days.
It was fun, really great to have one-on-one with Linus when Lilo gave issues with the graphic card and the screen kept blank during booting.
It was new, few fellow students where interested, but the few that did, all have serious jobs in IT right know.
Probably the mindset and the drive to test out new stuff, combined with the power Linux gave.
OMG… BOFH! I need to go find those stories now :-)
http://www.bofharchive.com/
https://bofh.bjash.com/
😉
fortunes-bofh-excuseson DebianFor that, I’ll spin up a copy…
Holly crap I got lazy. Perfect ;-)
The BOFH and his PFY are still helping their users…
https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/bofh/
Didn’t expect to see a legend just scrolling here. Thank you for your contributions to computer science.