• xenoclast@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I installed Slackware from 24 floppies I downloaded from a Volkerdings personal server, because I didn’t have a CD ROM. I installed using documentation printed on a dot matrix printer that was versions out of date… It took a day to compile a kernel. I’ve had to manually patch drivers (3c509 baaabyyy).

    I dreamed about a future where I never had to do that again. Arch pisses me off.

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      3 months ago

      Ah the old vortex boomerang. That takes me back.
      I admit I did sometimes enjoy a good kernel panic with the Aeeeiiiiiiiii scream in the text. When I was expecting it.