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| From | Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: thirty years ago |
| Date | 2021-08-25 16:47 -0700 |
| Organization | dis-organization |
| Message-ID | <sg6kqm$b06$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <eli$2108251343@qaz.wtf> <sg64jn$j6i$1@dont-email.me> |
On 8/25/21 12:10, John McCue wrote: > Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote: >> First Linux announcement, 25 August 1991. > <snip> >> Hello everybody out there using minix - >> >> I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and >> professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing > <snip> >> It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never >> will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(. > > Funny, remember the old days when one of the common > questions was "What machine is Linus using ?". > > Then some people would try and get the same hardware :) > > <snip> > > 30 years, who would have thought! > Oh I was 54 when Linus announced and I assure you it has been 30 years. It took me 15 years and the collapse of CBM to get into using GNU/Linux. Oh and thanks to Eli the Bearded for the reminder. bliss -- bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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thirty years ago Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-25 17:44 +0000
Re: thirty years ago John McCue <jmccue@jmcw541.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> - 2021-08-25 19:10 +0000
Re: thirty years ago Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-25 16:47 -0700
Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 09:51 +0100
Re: thirty years ago Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:14 -0400
Re: thirty years ago doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) - 2021-08-25 22:25 +0000
Re: thirty years ago SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 00:12 -0400
Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 10:02 +0100
Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:21 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 18:27 +0200
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:49 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:50 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:35 +0200
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 14:07 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 18:17 +0000
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 22:36 +0200
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:06 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:48 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 17:19 +0000
Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:45 +0200
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 20:20 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 21:38 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 03:34 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-27 13:32 +0000
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-27 13:30 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 09:34 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-28 12:42 -0400
Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 20:18 +0100
Re: Linux on a Chromebook Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-26 21:06 -0700
Re: thirty years ago SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 21:26 -0400
Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:49 +0100
Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-30 08:29 +0300
Re: thirty years ago Solbu <solbu@solbu.net> - 2021-09-04 17:10 +0200
Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-19 17:34 +0300
Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-20 08:23 +0300
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