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.

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[–] 50 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

Clumsy. Manual. No multimedia support really. Compiling everything on 486 machines took hours.

Can't say I look back fondly on it.

BeOS community was fucking awesome though. That felt like the cutting edge at the time.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I desperately wanted one of those first BeBoxes or whatever they were called. And one of those little SGI toasters… I even tried to compile SGI’s 3D file manager (demo) from Jurassic Park.

    Herp derp… where can I download an OpenGL from… it keeps saying I can’t build it without one 🤤

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