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minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·23 days agoAccording to this, the first was Boot-Root from Torvalds himself in 1991. The oldest that are still around are Slackware (July 1993) and Debian (Aug 1993).
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoI wonder if someone could still install boot root? I’m not a techy person, but I’d watch the hell out of that YouTube video!
minus-squarePetter1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoSadly, I did not find Boot-Root 1991 but found these: https://archiveos.org/tamu/ https://archiveos.org/sls/ https://archiveos.org/linux-from-nascent/ https://archiveos.org/lst/ And boot-root 2002: https://archiveos.org/tomsrtbt/
minus-squareDharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoDang, that would have been a cool one to see! I’d love to see what those looked like back in the day. I love computer history, even if I don’t fully understand it. Haha
According to this, the first was Boot-Root from Torvalds himself in 1991. The oldest that are still around are Slackware (July 1993) and Debian (Aug 1993).
I wonder if someone could still install boot root? I’m not a techy person, but I’d watch the hell out of that YouTube video!
Sadly, I did not find Boot-Root 1991 but found these:
https://archiveos.org/tamu/
https://archiveos.org/sls/
https://archiveos.org/linux-from-nascent/
https://archiveos.org/lst/
And boot-root 2002:
https://archiveos.org/tomsrtbt/
Dang, that would have been a cool one to see!
I’d love to see what those looked like back in the day. I love computer history, even if I don’t fully understand it. Haha