Saying hello --- for a second time

Qwertius · 2017-10-24 03:54

I was a member way back - but damn if I can remember my details.

Oh well - this is a fresh start.

Anyway its good to be part of this community.

Cheers

Q

Dai_trying · 2017-10-24 15:40

Hi Qwertius, good to have you aboard (again )

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crosscourt · 2017-10-24 18:52

Welcome!

Qwertius · 2017-10-25 01:51

I started here when the T for trinity symbol on the kickoff start.

Kinda miss the old girl.

crosscourt · 2017-10-25 01:56

That was a little before my time but I always get nostalgic about certain distros over time.

Qwertius · 2017-10-25 12:49

Yep --- I think I kept some DVD & CD's companies in the black for a long long time.

I made distro hopping an addiction. A happy addiction - but an addiction all the same.

Do you remember the first distro you ever tried ?

Mine was Corel - followed by Fedora and Mandrake.

Wow - has it really been 17 years ?

Q

Dai_trying · 2017-10-25 15:28

Qwertius wrote:

Do you remember the first distro you ever tried ?Q

Timing eh... I just posted about this in another post, DSL (damn small linux for those who didn't know) was my first introduction to the world of Linux, I needed to get a small installation onto an aging laptop (it was old even back then) and did manage to get a working solution, but it took a really long time and a lot of googling (with very limited results compared to now) and although it only lasted less than 6 months it gave me the bug and I started looking for other Linux offerings. And now here we are...

JimW · 2017-10-25 18:18

I can't remember my first linux distro. I do know I downloaded Red Hat 8.0 over a 14.4 dialup modem! I still have the CD's! If I remember correctly I did install it, but had too much trouble trying to configure everything and went back to Windows.

crosscourt · 2017-10-25 21:00

My first Mandriva/PCLinuxOS were my favorites. I was very addicted to distrohopping and even ran a site distroratings.com to work with as many distros as possible.

I got into Linux in 2007 but really wasnt serious till 2009.

Qwertius · 2017-10-28 13:14

Actually just thinking on this subject ---

-- are there any good sites where we can go to find old distros & flavors that have dropped out of circulation ?

There are some I would love to play around with - just for old times sake.

For instance FoX Desktop Pro.

It was ' The Italian Job' of its day.

And like all things Italian - oozing with sexiness.

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Dai_trying · 2017-10-28 16:07

I found this page on Softpedia that offers a download (untested by me) for version 1 of Fox Desktop Pro and I'm sure you can find other older OS's there too.

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crosscourt · 2017-10-28 17:19

Heres my go to website for older Linux versions, https://old-linux.com but there are also archives thru many of the better known distros such as Red Hat with much older versions.

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