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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[–] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Lol! 'Member Afterstep?

The desktop stretched across 4 screens was enough to hook me for life.

Xeyes.. so many terminals.. the artwork was artwork.. wtf is transparency?! 😁 It was an amazing time to be a geek.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I didn't get that far. And I only had an Amiga at that time, which made things more difficult to set up. I wonder how fluent transparency would be with AGA, haha. My next attempt was woth a PC around 2003 with KDE3 and it got me hooked.

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