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On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux (www.xda-developers.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just last month I came across a cd I burned with Mandrake Linux that I had downloaded - 26 years ago!

I should try and install that on a virtual PC and see how it feels/looks hahaha

[โ€“] quantumantics 2 points 1 year ago

I recently did that with a Debian 3 (r8 I think) disc, that whole experience was a blast from the past!