more than 15 years using Linux. Cannot count the amount of moments I could mark as favorite, but among them I'd say I'd keep the huge number of services I run for my self independently of the "cloud-based vamp your user data" trend.
My first "wow" moment with Linux was around 1996-1997, the first time I ran lunar lander on Yggrasil Linux while compiling something and it was running so smooth. Real preemptive multitasking was an eye opener.
maybe not significant but I remember when I installed Linux on a laptop that used to run with Windows and I noticed higher data transfer speeds via the USB ports to the same external devices.
Back in 1999 at my first real job, I was given the task to maintain two classrooms full of Windows PCs that also had all kinds of expensive design software installed. Instead of managing each machine on its own (a massive headache!), I decided to create a single master machine and clone it to all the others every time I changed something substantial. 1/2
Sometime during the mid 90s, my computer had like a 170 MB harddisk, so I patched e2compr into my kernel to save a bit of space. But later, I somehow destroyed my kernel, and no other kernel on any installation medium could mount my compressed filesystem. So I had to ride my bike to a friend, the only other Linux user I knew, and use his computer to compile a new patched kernel to get my machine back up, a task that used to take many, many hours back then. But it worked.
Gentoo installs, ive never been successful since one reason or another and that caused frustration but in the end I was happy that I atleast learnt the basics 🙏
Installing my first distro, Mint, on a W XP machine and seeing how well it worked. Then later installing Arch and learning more in two weeks about Linux than I had in two years before. And finally getting the compiz cube up and running! 😁
A few years ago I decided to install Debian GNU+Linux on my computer as the sole operating system. No dual-boot/VM's. I instantly felt home. Never looked back.
When I discovered LXC containers, which you can stuff all your (local/home) services in that don't require regular upgrades, and which you can keep untouched through upgrades of the base system.
Also extremely useful for build environments that require all kinds of dependencies you don't want to pollute your base system with.
That was a great moment indeed. Made life so much easier and pleasant.
Still is the first time getting 0.99.13r kernel running on an i386.
A not too distant second is today where I can use kvm and libvirt to quickly get my own live vm with a lot more power than my original Linux system. Without any cloud provider taking a share of the cut…
That was yesterday. After using #Linux for more than a decade on smaller servers for home projects like DNS, Radius, a Wiki and more, I decided to go for #Debian on my brand new laptop.
Installation went smoothly and was completed in less than 20 minutes, with all hardware working immediately.
There is so much to like that it would not fit into a reasonable number of posts 😇
From the speed to the desktop environment, the available applications and easy to use customization options.
I nearly went insane as I tried to compile Tensorflow on a Windows machine. I couldn't belive how easy and well it worked on the first run after switching the machine to Linux. Never ever have I tried again to develop something on Windows, except using WSL 2 😁
@sustainrelease For a complete beginner like me, who would rather do everything with a graphical interface and never ever ever type a command, #MXLinux is wonderful.
I think it’s still my first time using Linux: twenty-odd years back I was very poor, and the hand-me-down laptop I was using died (and I obviously couldn’t afford a replacement). A techie friend diagnosed HDD death, gave me a Knoppix CD-R and showed me how to boot from it, and I suddenly had a laptop I could use again for however long it took for someone else to upgrade their computer and pass the old one on to me. Bloody marvellous.
🇨🇦️Lunatic At Large 🇨🇦️
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •more than 15 years using Linux. Cannot count the amount of moments I could mark as favorite, but among them I'd say I'd keep the huge number of services I run for my self independently of the "cloud-based vamp your user data" trend.
Thanks, Linux!
Artanux - Simon Lefort
in reply to It's FOSS • • •: J'ai un très bon souvenir des rencontres au BxLUG ( https://www.bxlug.be/ ) il y a une vingtaine d'année avec @LViatour , dans les locaux de l'ULB.
On commeçait par nettoyer les restes des guindailles estudiantines avant d'installer les tables et les ordis.🥹
Bruxelles Linux User Group : BxLUG
www.bxlug.benictakiego
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •Gentoo installs, ive never been successful since one reason or another and that caused frustration but in the end I was happy that I atleast learnt the basics 🙏
Going to try gentoo out again in a year or two !
NegativePrimes
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git.kernel.orgjjlinux | X unverified 😅
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •When I discovered LXC containers, which you can stuff all your (local/home) services in that don't require regular upgrades, and which you can keep untouched through upgrades of the base system.
Also extremely useful for build environments that require all kinds of dependencies you don't want to pollute your base system with.
That was a great moment indeed. Made life so much easier and pleasant.
Tim Robinson 🥥🌴
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Still is the first time getting 0.99.13r kernel running on an i386.
A not too distant second is today where I can use kvm and libvirt to quickly get my own live vm with a lot more power than my original Linux system. Without any cloud provider taking a share of the cut…
Cainmark 🚲 🥥 🌳 🧱 🫛
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •That was yesterday. After using #Linux for more than a decade on smaller servers for home projects like DNS, Radius, a Wiki and more, I decided to go for #Debian on my brand new laptop.
Installation went smoothly and was completed in less than 20 minutes, with all hardware working immediately.
There is so much to like that it would not fit into a reasonable number of posts 😇
From the speed to the desktop environment, the available applications and easy to use customization options.
Maria von Bolla
in reply to It's FOSS • • •When i noticed as an visual artist and video editor it runs even better than #apple products on all even older machines ;)
Thank you, #developers, #developers, #developers!!!
Whohooooooooo!
I love this nerd company!
Marcelo Garbarino
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