I'm grateful for my first contact with the #GNU #Linux world in 1998, in the college #computer lab... despite the #WindowMaker #WindowManager hehehe

The previous year we used the #lab of another #college in the same #university running #Microsoft #WindowsNT 3.51

In 1999 I tried using Linux on my personal computer, and since 2001 I definitively used the #Brazilian #distro #Conectiva (now defunct)

Today’s odd hardware found in my drawer is an SD card wifi adapter.

au.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Si…
#hardware #computer

Even #computer #chips could be made by yourself (with some knowledge). Sam Zeloof did it.

References:
arstechnica.com/information-te…

youtube.com/watch?v=IS5ycm7VfX…

sam.zeloof.xyz/second-ic/

twitter.com/szeloof/status/147…

This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage

Sam Zeloof's creations show what's possible for small-scale silicon tinkerers.

^{Ars Technica}