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The History of Linux Mandrake (www.abortretry.fail)
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[–] saba@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I found out about linux in 2001 while using mIRC on Windows 98 and telling someone about all the crashes and BSOD I was getting. They recommended I try linux. Someone offered to burn Mandrake 8.0 cd's and mail them to me. I used it for about 2 years before I first started distro hopping.