Hi,
Thanks for the feedback. Curious as to how others have been introduced to Gnu/Linux. Mine was Lab oriented when a student brought Slackware into the LAB to install on our LAB machine. And yes, creating that many floppies was a pain and was glad to get things to a CD since it was cheaper in the long run and less time consuming than writing those floppies.
Downloading for me was much easier than for most since my University was a leader for having a working LAN thus Internet was my way verses a modem with phone line for many other users. I can remember getting my first home Internet from AT&T. Not as good as the T1 at the LAB but better than modem access.
Somewhere I have boxes of floppies with my original install base. If the floppies are still good then I am curious if installable still. I know that I have my Slackware CDs' from
Walnut Creek packed away somewhere;
Quote:
From http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/slack96.htm
Shareware
August 1996
4 CD Set
Offical Slackware Linux turns your machine into a powerful 32-bit multi-tasking workstation. Lunux us a UNIX clone developed by Linux Torvalds and thousands of volunteers on the Internet.
Develop programs with a full range of software development, text editiong, and image processing tools. Play popular games. Connect your machine to the Internet and set up a WWW site, use electronic mail, and read netnews.
Kernal 2.0
Easy, floppyless install!
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I really got tired downloading floppies but to keep up that was the way to go until PV partnered up with Walnut Creek. Then when PV had issues with Walnut Creek, then once we could get the ISO images from Slackware.com/mirrors or buy a set from Slackware.com then things were much better. I have been using nothing but Slackware since it provides me a UNIX-Like OS. Only other Gnu/Linux that I use would be diagnostic sets or a Gnu/Linux LiveCD for maintenance/forensics.
