what caused you to get into Linux? - eviltoast

What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?

  • fitgse@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Windows 95 crashing for the 5th time that day corrupting another high school paper.

    I knew nothing about Linux, but bought a red hat 6 cd and installed it. I never dual booted or ever went back.

    This was in the day of getting a modem that actually worked on Linux was a PITA as everything had turned into software based winmodems. And it wasn’t like you could just order one online. You had better have hoped Best Buy/circuit city/compusa had something.