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Old 07-16-2013, 10:07 AM   #1
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Talking A blast from the past, with a wink


You've got to love Linus Torvalds sense of humour and historical awareness: Linux 3.11-rc1

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Last edited by druuna; 07-16-2013 at 02:20 PM. Reason: hostorical -> historical
 
Old 07-16-2013, 12:16 PM   #2
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You've got to love Linus Torvalds sense of humour and hostorical awareness:
Maybe that should be "hysterical awareness" ...

Did make networking in the office easier tho'.
 
Old 07-16-2013, 01:53 PM   #3
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You should see a Tux with a flag resembling the WfW3.11 logo if you boot in framebuffer mode: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/it...d-1917712.html
 
Old 07-16-2013, 02:07 PM   #4
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@TobiSGD: That, I did not yet know. Thanks for the link!
 
Old 07-16-2013, 02:15 PM   #5
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Hmm, looks like I may be messing around with nVIDIA drivers so I can run the latest kernel this weekend.
 
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