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    From Nightfox@21:1/137 to Arelor on Wed Apr 26 22:53:04 2023
    Re: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
    By: Arelor to hollowone on Wed Apr 26 2023 03:34 pm

    Wow, is Slackware still alive?

    You bet. It is the oldest Linux distribution still maintained.

    Slackware was the first Linux distribution I was exposed to, in the mid 90s. I still hadn't had my own computer for very long, and I didn't seriously get into Linux until a while later. But I rmeember when Slackware was on a set of 3.5" floppy disks, and it had an option where it could be booted up from DOS.

    Nightfox
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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195.5 to Nightfox on Fri Apr 28 18:24:50 2023
    Hi Nightfox,

    On Wednesday April 26 2023, Nightfox said to Arelor:

    But I rmeember when Slackware was on a set of 3.5" floppy disks, and it had an option where N> it could be booted up from DOS.

    Oh the days before Lilo.... #-)


    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to Vorlon on Fri Apr 28 20:13:23 2023
    But I rmeember when Slackware was on a set of 3.5" floppy disks, and i an option where N> it could be booted up from DOS.
    Oh the days before Lilo.... #-)

    Well. my first linux was Monkey Linux installed on top of MSDOS.
    That was interesting experience when I turned back to dos and I saw funny filenames tried to pretend being long names.

    -h1

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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195.5 to hollowone on Sat Apr 29 16:26:55 2023
    Hi Hollowone,

    On Friday April 28 2023, Hollowone said to Vorlon:

    But I rmeember when Slackware was on a set of 3.5" floppy disks,
    an option where it could be booted up from DOS.
    Oh the days before Lilo.... #-)

    Well. my first linux was Monkey Linux installed on top of MSDOS. That
    was interesting experience when I turned back to dos and I saw funny filenames tried to pretend being long names.

    Mine was slackware or the one that started with a 'y', I just can't remember it's been so long.... Took days to download the disk images is one memory,
    and hoping that the connection didn't drop in the process....



    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Vorlon on Sat Apr 29 14:55:00 2023
    Vorlon wrote to hollowone <=-

    Mine was slackware or the one that started with a 'y', I just can't remember it's been so long....

    Yggdrasil(l)


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  • From Vorlon@21:1/195.5 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Apr 30 17:55:49 2023
    Hi Poindexter,

    On Saturday April 29 2023, Poindexter Fortran said to Vorlon:

    Mine was slackware or the one that started with a 'y', I just can't
    remember it's been so long....

    Yggdrasil(l)

    That's the one... Too many years have passed since then... #-/

    \/orlon
    aka
    Stephen

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