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Historic Linux File Archive Created
jemagid writes "Ibiblio (nee metalab, nee sunsite)
has rummaged through all the old CDs and old
FTP archives we could find, to put together a
beautiful picture of the early days of the Linux community: Historic
Linux. The files include snapshots of
the early Linux archives including sunsite.unc.edu and tsx-11.mit.edu, and early distributions such as MCC (Manchester Computing
Center) and SLS (Softlanding Linux Systems), which were some of the first attempts to make Linux easy to install and use. The early RedHat releases are also included, as is early Suse, Debian, Slackware,
and Blade. The early distributions
ran on machines as small as 386's with 2-4 MB of RAM, so these could be
fun ways to resurrect ancient hardware."
I remember trying to install from those same SLS diskette images downloaded from Rusty 'n Edie's at 9600 baud. It was not a pretty picture.
Roving Web-Teleoperated Robot
Ummmm, no,
Let it go.
The early distributions ran on machines as small as 386's with 2-4 MB of RAM"
Damn! Time to upgrade again!
I don't imagine there are many warez servers with 2MB RAM and 100MB free HD space... Besides that, I would think that as many versions as the underlying libraries have gone through that current cracking tools wouldn't know what to do with something so outdated.
Maybe you should create an archive of old Linux cracking tools just to even the playing field?
before ls had color?!?! ;)
no comment
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"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
Wow, and i wondered where they got all the stuff for stable/woddy...
http://saveie6.com/
Anyone else see these pictures on the servers? hehehe, I wonder when these were taken.
"Time is long and life is short, so begin to live while you still can." -EV
By my rapid calculations, ibiblio.org now owes SCO some $756,000 and change.
I actually managed - back in the good old days - to boot up a Linux on a 486 33MHz with 1MB RAM. The only problem is that I couldn't log in: it took the system more than 1 minute to prompt me for my password when I entered my nickname. As the timeout is set to 1 minute, I got prompted for my nickname again, without getting a chance of typing my password!!!
Write boring code, not shiny code!
Historic Linux? Hmmm.... what should we call it?
:-D
How about "Old Hat Linux" ?
-- ba-ching! --
(Spudley Strikes Again!)
Not that I recommend this, mind you, but there is a certain amount of security that you get from running an OS that nobody uses anymore.
:-)
Like Slackware?
Take that trolls, I beat you to it.
Who was the genius who came up with the name Yggdrasil? Did one of the developers have a 6-year-old crippled fetal-alcohol-syndrome dribbling drooling mess for a son?
Developer Father: Hmmm, I need to think of a name for this new Linux...
Barely Comatose Son: [suddenly and randomly] YGGDRASIL! [proceeds to drool copiously, spasm wildly]
Developer Father: Eureka! I shall name it 'Yggdrasil', in honor of my retarded son, Billy. Thanks, Billy!
Barely Comatose Son: GPPPPKKKLLLSKKSKKK SSSUUUUBUBULBLLLLL APBLE JOOZE
Developer Father: [proudly] *sniff* Yes, apple juice! Apple juice!
The ten year old Linux system probably has a C compiler on it and other development tools.
The Windows 3.0 machine probably has Solitaire.
I guess it depends on your priorities and what you want to do with the machine.
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No, BSD has too many daemons...
IN my house, with all the kids there and all, BSD stands for Big Shitty Diaper.
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