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    Switched to linux before it became mainstream (lemmy.world)
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    [โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

    I've been using Slackware since 1994, saw redhat and Debian being born.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

    Back around 95/96 I once untarred a etc directory from a Slackware install over a redhat etc directory. It booted and worked perfectly. It was really hard to update though. Redhat started out as Slackware.

    I keep one machine with slackware installed. I use it for various purposes include light desktop use. I occasionally compile a kernel. Just to keep the skill. My daily drivers are Debian and Ubuntu machines though. These pretentious new users(arch, cough, cough) probably wish they had the patience to keep a Slackware installation going full time.