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Re: life is hard for small Linux distros

From Bob Eager <news0007@eager.cx>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: life is hard for small Linux distros
Date 2018-05-20 09:29 +0000
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On Sun, 20 May 2018 04:10:24 +0000, Roger Blake wrote:

> On 2018-05-20, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> I've never really made an effort with BSD beyond "ohh look that's
>> different, and that's different...".
> 
> I actually started with ancient BSD way before linux - 4.1 BSD running
> on a Vax 780 to be specific. Interestingly its programmer's manual,
> which I still have, describes experimental yet-to-be-named network
> protocols that are clearly TCP/IP and UDP.

Similar story here. I started earlier - Sixth Edition on the PDP-11, then 
Seventh Edition and 2.xBSD.

Then UNIX-32V on the VAX (briefly) followed by 4.{0,1,2,3}BSD.

I now use FreeBSD, unsurprisingly.



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life is hard for small Linux distros RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2018-05-17 00:33 +0000
  Re: life is hard for small Linux distros not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2018-05-17 23:20 +0000
    Re: life is hard for small Linux distros RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2018-05-19 15:18 +0000
      Re: life is hard for small Linux distros not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2018-05-20 01:42 +0000
        Re: life is hard for small Linux distros Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-05-20 04:10 +0000
          Re: life is hard for small Linux distros Bob Eager <news0007@eager.cx> - 2018-05-20 09:29 +0000
            Re: life is hard for small Linux distros Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2018-05-20 15:15 +0000
              Re: life is hard for small Linux distros Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-05-20 22:10 +0000
            Re: life is hard for small Linux distros Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2018-05-20 22:08 +0000

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