Distribution quotes of the week

Posted Aug 28, 2015 22:41 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
In reply to: Distribution quotes of the week by gerdesj
Parent article: Distribution quotes of the week

Here's another one: http://liw.fi/linux-anecdotes/

> At one point, Linus had implemented device files in /dev, and wanted to dial up the university computer and debug his terminal emulation code again. So he starts his terminal emulator program and tells it to use /dev/hda. That should have been /dev/ttyS1. Oops. Now his master boot record started with "ATDT" and the university modem pool phone number. I think he implemented permission checking the following day.