Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 8:47 UTC (Wed) by ekj (guest, #1524)
In reply to: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it by corbet
Parent article: Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

I dunno about that, but the first Linux I installed myself, was a version of Slackware whose version-number I no longer recall, but I *do* remember that it came with the 1.2.13 kernel and was delivered on a CD from Walnut Creek.

I guess that must mean it was 1995 or something of that nature ?

We're thus nearing the date when I can say: "I've run Linux since before you where born, little one."

I -do- remember a.out vs elf being a big deal - along with getting scandinavian letters to work right on the console, which at the time required arcane magic. (and even then you couldn't generally expect it to work right in all programs)

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 8:55 UTC (Wed) by halla (subscriber, #14185) [Link] (2 responses)

"We're thus nearing the date when I can say: "I've run Linux since before you where born, little one.""

Well, we're there already. At least, I am. In the krita project we have a 15 year old contributor, and at conf.kde.in I was hacking together with a five year old who knew Python and C++... Not to mention that I was using Linux before my twins were born, and they are Linux users as well.

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 8:59 UTC (Wed) by ekj (guest, #1524) [Link]

My twins are only 4. But they do use Linux. No C++ yet ;)

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 28, 2011 4:48 UTC (Mon) by The_Barbarian (guest, #48152) [Link]

>a five year old who knew Python and C++

What

I can see a five year old that can do some Python, but the thought that a five year old could do any C++ terrifies me.

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 10:59 UTC (Wed) by etienne (guest, #25256) [Link]

> the 1.2.13 kernel and was delivered on a CD from Walnut Creek.

You could then download it (by dialup), it was 27 floppy disks if I remember correctly - and worked on 386sx 16Mhz.

Slackware 13.37: Linux for the fun of it

Posted Mar 23, 2011 23:07 UTC (Wed) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link]

I've been using Linux more than half my life time, since about 1996 (I believe summer of '96 though I might have heard about the SLS or other floppy installs before that, which I was on SunOS and other platforms). So in a little over 2 years from now there will start to be kids in college and turning up at conferences who were born after I started using Linux. I suspect there are readers here for which this is already true.