Going through some Old Linux Cd this was my first Linux - it came in a Magazine

[redvamp128]

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

Mandrake? Nice. 1998?

Never used Mandrake. I might have used it YEARS ago..

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I looked at Mandrake when I first wanted to install Linux. But I think I was about 8 or 9 years old at the time, so I was way too inexperienced and we only had the family PC. If I had tried to install it I would have destroyed the computer.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 25/05/2025 at 10:31, Nick H. said:

we only had the family PC. If I had tried to install it I would have destroyed the computer

Something I was constantly in trouble for

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 25/05/2025 at 11:26, Nik Louch said:

Something I was constantly in trouble for

Weren't we all back then?

[Matthew S.]

I remember installing RedHat, Mandrake and even FreeBSD on an old IBM Aptiva in the early 2000's would have been roughly around 12-15

[Barney T. Administrators]

I used Mandrake a few times. I thought that it was quite good. Started with Red Hat 7.0 and a dial-up modem. Those were the days!  

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

On 25/05/2025 at 19:19, Mindovermaster said:

Weren't we all back then?

The things that got us into trouble, got us jobs

[nekrosoft13]

On 26/05/2025 at 04:57, Nik Louch said:

The things that got us into trouble, got us jobs

breaking and fixing my HP Pavilion back in the day definitely helped.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

To that end, back in the Win3.1 days, there was an app that was a replacement for ProgMan.exe, more like a dock at the bottom of the screen, I swear it was by HP but maybe not.  The PC still ran Windows, so you still had all your apps, but just a different launcher. I confused the hell out of my parents with that!

[turinglives]

Ah the good ol' days. That's how I got pro at what I do today