β² 888 βΌ Debian is a snail and its shell (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Except, if I want that experience again I can just go back to Slackware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] xenoclast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I installed Slackware from 24 floppies I downloaded from a Volkerdings personal server, because I didn't have a CD ROM. I installed using documentation printed on a dot matrix printer that was versions out of date.. It took a day to compile a kernel. I've had to manually patch drivers (3c509 baaabyyy). I dreamed about a future where I never had to do that again. Arch pisses me off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Ah the old vortex boomerang. That takes me back. I admit I did sometimes enjoy a good kernel panic with the Aeeeiiiiiiiii scream in the text. When I was expecting it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] xenoclast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I installed Slackware from 24 floppies I downloaded from a Volkerdings personal server, because I didn't have a CD ROM. I installed using documentation printed on a dot matrix printer that was versions out of date.. It took a day to compile a kernel. I've had to manually patch drivers (3c509 baaabyyy). I dreamed about a future where I never had to do that again. Arch pisses me off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Ah the old vortex boomerang. That takes me back. I admit I did sometimes enjoy a good kernel panic with the Aeeeiiiiiiiii scream in the text. When I was expecting it. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* Ah the old vortex boomerang. That takes me back. I admit I did sometimes enjoy a good kernel panic with the Aeeeiiiiiiiii scream in the text. When I was expecting it. permalink fedilink source parent
