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.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Even that could be tricky; these weren’t bootable/installable images.

    edit: admittedly, I have no personal experience but some years back we tried to help someone install Yggdrasil (in a VM iirc) and did not succeed.

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      All installation media is a bootable image. Whether it supports booting on the virtual hardware is another question.