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What was Linux like in the 90s (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[+] 108 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)
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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    Remember the slow internet had to wait overnight for 40 megabyte game and finally finding out it didn't work.

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  • [+] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Remember when packages like RPM were first introduced, and it was like, “cool, I don’t have to compile everything!” Then you were introduced to Red Hat’s version of DLL-Hell when the RPM couldn’t find some obsure library! Before YUM, rpmfind.net was sooo useful!

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I still use pkgs.org pretty frequently when I need to find versions of packages and their dependencies across different distros and versions of distros. I had to use that to sneakernet something to fix a system just this past week.

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