Re: [tlug] Classes

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On 21 May 2012 12:39, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> ....... When Ye Olde Guard got started in
> the mid-90s, Linux and *BSD were hardly past the stage where you got
> started by installing a kernel and a statically linked Bash, then GCC,
> binutils, and a hacked and unreliable libc.  X11 came much later,
> after you had stabilized your basic system, and console (not
> terminal!!) utilities were fukaketsu.

I recall it was a little better than that. I started in 1994 with Slackware
on a 16Mb 486. I had a 420Mb HDD which was divided 50:50 into
Linux and DOS/Win3.1 (my kids hated having to reboot it when I'd
left in running "on the dark side" as they called it.)

>From day 1 I had X11, xterm, etc. I installed kterm and the BDF fonts
without a problem, I recall. Sure I wasn't pushing the envelope but it
was as good and stable as the DEC Ultrix I was using on my Monash desktop.

A year or so and a replacement HDD led me to try TurboLinux. (It
wasn't a very successful experiment.)

Jim

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Jim Breen
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