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    [–] pedz@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    It forced me to learn. It took me weeks to get X configured and working correctly. I had an internet subscription and a modem but it also took weeks to get it to work on Linux. My distribution came on a CD from a magazine but some dependencies were not included, so I had to reboot under Windows to download a missing package, reboot on Linux and try again, then need to get the next dependency. We came a long long way from having to specify the vertical refresh rate of the monitor in xf86config.

    Starting with a French version of Slackware was brutal but I had nothing else.

    [–] myrak@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Be 12 in 1998

    Literally just ecstatic that I could wiggle around a little X on a blank screen after giving up trying to load a window manager.

    Pop in a BeOS live CD to feel like I did something cool

    [–] RaccoonBall@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

    Exact same experience. What district did you install for the cursor wiggle? Mine was slackware

    Later mandrake was noob friendly enough for me to get a real start

    [–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

    ah i had forgotten about xf86config. /silenthillvoice

    [–] highball@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Started on Slackware too. I remember building my own kernel and having to make sure it fit on a 1.44MB floppy.

    make menuconfig