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by chimeracoder 4925 days ago
As someone who's in his 20s and first got interested in programming as a kid by trying[1] to install Linux on his 386... I don't know how to react to this.

On the other hand, it's ridiculous to think of how far things have come since then... people who complain about Linux usability and driver issues in 2012 really don't know what they missed!

[1] and failing!

2 comments

I remember having to get out the specifications for my monitor during the Linux setup process in the late 90s. I don't miss that.
I know what an 80386 is. I just didn't know IBM licensed the design from Intel and made their own IBM-branded parts.