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What is the most difficult problem that you have fixed in linux? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You probably remember the libc5 to glibc swap. Bad times to DIY distros.

[โ€“] johannesvanderwhales 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep. I remember at the time I saw a lot of advice saying "you know you might want to seriously consider just installing your distro from scratch with a newer version." Tracking down all of the dependencies (some of which had to be installed as binaries) was a very manual process.

Edit: Oh and another fun aspect of that time period was that since downloads were so slow on a modem, if you wanted a newer version or to try out another distro, you would go and order a cdrom from a place like Walnut Creek.