[olug] nostalgia

dutch dutch at tconl.com
Thu Apr 29 22:36:27 UTC 2004


One word, many letters:

Ygdrasil

I might even still have the installation video - no it was not Beta but VHS...

Dutch

On Thursday 29 April 2004 05:20 pm, Jordan Wilberding wrote:
> I still have my 5-pack of cds from walnut creek that cost 10 bucks, I
> couldn't believe it could be so cheap :)
>
> Jordan Wilberding
>
> On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 17:12, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > Does anyone else remember measuring kernel compile
> > time in  week-ends, arguing with clueless ISP support
> > techs about CHAP and PAP password info, fighting with
> > Winmodems and Winprinters, killing that brand new 17"
> > monitor (15.x" viewable) with a bad XF86 config file,
> > using FIPS to partition a live hard drive, convincing
> > some hardware tech support that you ARE using a PC but
> > NOT Windows, and waiting for the mailman to bring your
> > latest distro on CD from Walnut Creek?
> >
> > Ah, those were the days!
> >
> > -=Sean=-
> >
> > --- Jordan Wilberding <diginux at diginux.net> wrote:
> > > I remember reading something like this with redhat
> > > 5.2 I think as well.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:59, Sean Edwards wrote:
> > > > Still close enough to be slightly frightening.
> > > >
> > > > -=Sean=-
> > > >
> > > > --- Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:
> > > > > oops - not 3, 2
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 04:45:54PM -0500, Brian
> > > > >
> > > > > Roberson wrote:
> > > > > > 3
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 02:38:08PM -0700, Sean
> > > > >
> > > > > Edwards wrote:
> > > > > > > That sounds very familiar.  Was it a
> > >
> > > Sackware 4
> > >
> > > > > CD?
> > > > >
> > > > > > > -=Sean=-
> > >
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