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What was your first operating system or Linux Distribution? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by Crafted_104@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Holy CRAP, am I literally the oldest person here?

CP/M, with the 8" disks

Then DOS -> Windows -> Linux (Mandrake, then tried a few different ones, then Debian and stuck with Debian)

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

You've got me beat. I've only seen 8" disks in coworkers "check out this shit" collection.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

You're probably about my age. I was just late getting into computers. First attempt at university was dumb terminals connected to some Unix host. Failed everything and dropped out. Went back a few years later and had 8086 based PCs booting DOS off diskettes.