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25 years....the days of Yggdrasil, Slack, and Debian

I started to administer my university unix computers in 1995, including Linux.

I rememeber modifying the kernel to account for my NIC. I can say that I mostly knew how my server worked.

Now I use Ubuntu LTS and Stack Exchange to run my home server as a platform for docker containers.

Slackware on 3.5" floppies was my first install.

Remember installing Slackware. Installed their Slackware on DOS partition when I was in 8th grade. Had no idea what I was doing... Moved to FreeBSD in 9th grade because it was a more cohesive operating system.

And the struggle with xf86config to somehow get the UI working. Ah, memories!

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